Mateus
Mateus is a Portuguese given name and surname, equivalent to the English Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Mateus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mateus is a Portuguese given name and surname, equivalent to the English Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Mateus
Mateus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 52 births, good for #2,442 nationwide. About 37% of every Mateus on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mateus ranks #2,978 for baby boys with 42 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Mateus
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Mateus. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Mateus
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About the name Mateus
Mateus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Mateus's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #2,442. Use the chart and map above to compare Mateus's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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