Matei — #5349 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Matei

The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Matei between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matei currently holds the #5349 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Matei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matei in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 268 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.