Boys' name · since 1997
Mataeo
121 babies named Mataeo in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,178 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,636 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mataeo currently ranks #6636 among boys' names in America, with 121 babies recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Mataeo recorded 121 times among boys since 1997, holding rank #6636 nationally today, ahead of 52% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #16,178 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,636 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 121 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mataeo ranks #16,178 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,636 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 121 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,178 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,636 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mataeo's 121 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mataeo compares
121 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mataeo's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mataeo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 121 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mataeo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mataeo's full recorded timeline at 2010, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mataeo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Mataeo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Mataeo's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mataeo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (39% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mataeo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.