Mateo

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Mateo is a masculine given name, a form of Matthew used in Spanish and Croatian, similar to the Italian form Matteo.

From Wikipedia

Mateo first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 20 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 86 babies (rank #475 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mateo

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mateo yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

705

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Mateo

Mateo Kovačićassociation football player · b. 1994
Mateo Reteguiassociation football player · b. 1999
Mateo Alemánnovelist · b. 1547
Mateo Musacchioassociation football player · b. 1990

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	3	#3,355
1998	9	#1,438
1999	13	#1,116
2000	6	#2,040
2001	12	#1,258
2002	16	#1,061
2003	10	#1,586
2004	23	#924
2005	29	#823
2006	30	#839
2007	36	#772
2008	38	#767
2009	47	#664
2010	53	#620
2011	57	#610
2012	50	#678
2013	55	#625
2014	59	#600
2015	73	#529
2016	86	#475