Mato — #9450 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mato

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Mato between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mato currently holds the #9450 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mato performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mato shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Dakota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mato in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mato 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 74 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.