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Mateo

As a boy's name, Mateo traces back to Spanish, where it is understood to mean "Spanish form of Matthew". It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

SpanishSpanish form of Matthew
EtymologyMeaning "gift of God"
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
63
1920s
162
1930s
102
1940s
112
1950s
116
1960s
102
1970s
281
1980s
365
1990s
2,007
2000s
10,481
2010s
33,305
Peaked in the 2010s · 47,101 total U.S. births since 1900