Matea
Matea was the 9876th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 3249th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,101 places. More babies were named Matea in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Mattie) pet form of Matilda or Martha · English, Germanic, Aramaic
- Rank in 2025
- #9,876 girls, down 4,609 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200651 babies
- Total since 1880
- 851babies recorded
What does the name Matea mean?
Matea is a spelling of Mattie, pronounced the same way, so it shares Mattie's meaning and origin.
Mattie is a pet form of Matilda and of Martha, as Wiktionary notes, and was used as a formal name, especially in the southern US in the late 19th century. Matilda is a Germanic name from maht 'might, strength' and hild 'battle'; Martha is Aramaic 'the mistress, lady', as DMNES glosses it. For boys Mattie can be short for Matthew.
maht + hild (Old High German, “might + battle”)מַרְתָּא (Marta) (Aramaic, “the mistress, lady”)
How sure is this? Well established. The full name behind a given Mattie varies.
Related names: Matilda, Martha, Matty, Mathilde.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Mattie', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Martha', DMNES (Durham University)
Matea popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,876 | 10 |
| 2020 | #5,267 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,367 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,385 | 40 |
| 1990 | #10,949 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Matea, counting every spelling?
Matea is a spelling of Mattie, a name family that ranked #876 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #9,876 for Matea on its own. Together these spellings went to 295 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattie | 249 | #1,005 | 1,207 |
| Matea | 10 | #9,876 | 95 |
| Matty | 21 | #5,846 | 89 |
| Matti | 10 | #9,877 | 54 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Matea?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Matea (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Matea born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Matea.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Matea?
About 800 people born in the US named Matea are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 11 and 24. That makes Matea mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Matea by state
How common Matea was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Matea: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Matea, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Matea
What does Matea mean?
Matea is a spelling of Mattie, which means “pet form of Matilda or Martha” (English, Germanic, Aramaic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Matea?
Matea was the 9876th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 3249th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,101 places. More babies were named Matea in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Matea a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Matea in the US.
Where is Matea most popular?
In 2021–2025, Matea was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 girls).