# Matei (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matei/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 281 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 281 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,171, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,403 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,369 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,630 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,376 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,462 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,936 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,958 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,086 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,877 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,597 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,092 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,752 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,368 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,681 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,063 |
| 2014 | 44 | 730 |
| 2015 | 65 | 571 |
| 2016 | 120 | 379 |
| 2017 | 203 | 264 |
| 2018 | 221 | 232 |
| 2019 | 269 | 193 |
| 2020 | 264 | 197 |
| 2021 | 242 | 217 |
| 2022 | 201 | 239 |
| 2023 | 173 | 266 |
| 2024 | 149 | 298 |
| 2025 | 109 | 379 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.