Name meaning & stats
Mateo
Mateo means “gift of God” (Spanish origin). 126,446 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“gift of God”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
126,446 US babies were named Mateo between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mateo (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 79% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)