Matteus
Matteus is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Norwegian.
- Swedish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Matteus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Matteus is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Norwegian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
The Story of Matteus
Matteus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 16 births, good for #5,434 nationwide. About 45% of every Matteus on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Matteus last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 215 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Matteus
Matteus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 215 births in the dataset. Matteus's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #5,434. Use the chart and map above to compare Matteus'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.