By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Mateo is most popular
Boys named Mateo per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 6.17 per 1,000.
Strongest in New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Mateo born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
| State | Boys 2021–2025 | Per 1,000 | vs national |
| New Mexico | 503 | 15.3 | +148% |
| Nevada | 814 | 14.3 | +132% |
| Arizona | 2,068 | 12.6 | +105% |
| California | 11,533 | 12.6 | +105% |
| Texas | 9,836 | 11.2 | +81% |
| Illinois | 2,279 | 8.92 | +45% |
| Colorado | 1,113 | 8.62 | +40% |
| District of Columbia | 126 | 8.54 | +38% |
| Oregon | 639 | 8.42 | +37% |
| Delaware | 126 | 8.31 | +35% |
| Hawaii | 121 | 7.79 | +26% |
| Washington | 1,223 | 7.48 | +21% |
| Wyoming | 43 | 7.43 | +21% |
| Florida | 3,494 | 7.38 | +20% |
| Idaho | 300 | 7.33 | +19% |
| Nebraska | 294 | 6.76 | +10% |
| Kansas | 462 | 6.74 | +9% |
| Connecticut | 438 | 6.47 | +5% |
| Rhode Island | 104 | 6.38 | ≈ national |
| Maryland | 742 | 6.22 | ≈ national |
| Utah | 590 | 6.18 | ≈ national |
| Oklahoma | 544 | 6.15 | ≈ national |
| Alaska | 71 | 5.96 | ≈ national |
| New Jersey | 1,146 | 5.69 | -8% |
| North Carolina | 1,427 | 5.59 | -9% |
| Arkansas | 350 | 5.53 | -10% |
| Virginia | 1,039 | 5.48 | -11% |
| Iowa | 367 | 5.32 | -14% |
| Indiana | 851 | 5.31 | -14% |
| Georgia | 1,332 | 5.26 | -15% |
| Wisconsin | 607 | 5.12 | -17% |
| South Dakota | 94 | 5.05 | -18% |
| New York | 2,048 | 4.73 | -23% |
| North Dakota | 77 | 4.51 | -27% |
| Massachusetts | 603 | 4.39 | -29% |
| Minnesota | 531 | 4.33 | -30% |
| Tennessee | 727 | 4.03 | -35% |
| South Carolina | 407 | 3.94 | -36% |
| Michigan | 761 | 3.72 | -40% |
| Montana | 62 | 3.52 | -43% |
| Missouri | 471 | 3.40 | -45% |
| Louisiana | 340 | 3.32 | -46% |
| New Hampshire | 71 | 3.20 | -48% |
| Kentucky | 313 | 3.12 | -49% |
| Pennsylvania | 822 | 3.10 | -50% |
| Alabama | 335 | 3.06 | -50% |
| Ohio | 764 | 2.88 | -53% |
| Maine | 53 | 2.73 | -56% |
| Mississippi | 112 | 1.97 | -68% |
| West Virginia | 53 | 1.62 | -74% |
| Vermont | 5 | 0.796 | -87% |
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Mateo
Mateo is a top-10 name for boys in the United States, ranked #8 in 2025 with 11,045 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1904, 126,778 American babies have been named Mateo. Its peak came in 2024, when 11,355 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Mateo stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
