Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Matei

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Gift from God.

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #4950, 19 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6446, 13 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202513
202418
20236
202212
20219
202015
201919
201810
201710
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #193, 269 births); most recent 2025 (rank #379, 109 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025109
2024149
2023173
2022201
2021242
2020264
2019269
2018221
2017203
2016120

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #593, 81 births); most recent 2023 (rank #671, 62 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202362
202265
202179
202072
201981
201858
201747
201667
201559
201458

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #220, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #255, 17 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202517
20249
202315
202215
202124
202024
201920
201820
201725
201615

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #296, 12 births); most recent 2024 (rank #619, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
20244
20233
2022–
20215
20207
201912
20187
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #211, 10 births); most recent 2025 (rank #344, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20254
2024–
2023–
2022–
202110
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence