Matteo
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of Matthew. Gift Of God.
- Origin
- Italian
About the Name Matteo
Matteo is the Italian form of Matthew (see separate entry on Matthew for the Hebrew Mattityahu etymology meaning "gift of Yahweh"). The Italian Matteo features the distinctive double-T spelling that distinguishes it from the Spanish/Portuguese Mateo (single T) and the English Matthew. All three forms share the same biblical-apostolic anchor: the apostle Matthew, traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew.
The Italian Matteo has been used continuously across Italian-speaking communities for over a millennium. Notable bearers include 13th-century Italian Saint Matteo of San Casciano, contemporary Italian soccer player Matteo Politano, Italian fashion designer Matteo Marzotto, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (2014–2016), and various contemporary Italian and Italian-American actors and musicians.
The American Matteo surge is part of the broader 21st-century resurgence of Italian and Spanish boys' names alongside Lorenzo, Sebastian, and Mateo. The name climbed from outside the US top 500 in 2005 to the US top 100 boys' rank by 2018 and the top 75 by 2022. The two spellings — Matteo (Italian double-T) and Mateo (Spanish single-T) — are tracked separately by SSA and represent slightly different cultural registers: Matteo reads as more Italian and slightly more sophisticated, while Mateo reads as more Spanish and contemporary. The name's appeal is its layered Italian-Catholic register combined with three flowing syllables and the distinctive double-T spelling. The name reads as classical and contemporary. Common nicknames Mat, Teo, and the rare Matty each carry distinct registers; the related Mateo (see separate entry) is essentially the same name with the Spanish spelling. International forms include Mateo (Spanish), Matthew (English), Mathieu (French), Matthias (German/Latin), and the original Hebrew Mattityahu.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Matteo
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Matteo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 2,582 boys named Matteo (boy rank #138 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #146 for boys (2,455 US births). That's 8 places below its 2024 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Matteo Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Matteo the strongest states are California, Nevada, Connecticut.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #93 | 4,466 |
| 2 | Nevada | #95 | 330 |
| 3 | Connecticut | #108 | 334 |
| 4 | New York | #111 | 1,647 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #113 | 787 |
| 6 | Arizona | #117 | 686 |
| 7 | New Mexico | #120 | 169 |
| 8 | Florida | #125 | 1,647 |
| 9 | Texas | #126 | 2,862 |
| 10 | Illinois | #140 | 893 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Matteo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Matteo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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