Mateo or Michael

Mateo is the more popular boy name in Canada, #52 to #53 in 2024. Michael ranks #85 among boy names in England and Wales for 2025, while Mateo does not make that list. Mateo is the more popular boy name in the USA, #7 to #18 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Mateo on its own page Michael on its own page

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Mateo against Michael, in that place's most recent complete year.MateoMichael#1#50#100#250Canada#52 → #53 ↓1USA#7 → #18 ↓11Alberta#81 → #65 ↑16British Columbia#60 → #70 ↓10Ontario#54 → #51 ↑3Quebec#65 → #116 ↓51

Places that rank only one of the two names, or rank either outside the top 1,000, are listed below but not plotted.

PlaceYear Mateo Michael Ahead
Canada2024#52#53Mateo
England and Wales2025unranked#85Michael
USA2024#7#18Mateo
Alberta2024#81#65Michael
British Columbia2024#60#70Mateo
Ontario2024#54#51Michael
Quebec2024#65#116Mateo

Mateo and Michael in Canada, 2020–2024

Mateo climbed from #59 in 2020 to #52 in 2024 in Canada. Michael slipped from #40 in 2020 to #53 in 2024 in Canada. Mateo passed Michael in 2022.

Mateo and Michael ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#52 Mateo#53 Michael20202021202220232024

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Mateo and Michael in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Mateo does not appear on any complete England and Wales list in this range. Michael slipped from #74 in 2020 to #85 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Mateo and Michael ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#85 Michael202020212022202320242025

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Mateo and Michael in the USA, 2020–2024

Mateo climbed from #20 in 2020 to #7 in 2024 in the USA. Michael slipped from #12 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in the USA. Mateo passed Michael in 2021.

Mateo and Michael ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#7 Mateo#18 Michael20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Mateo
Asher or MateoBenjamin or MateoDaniel or MateoElijah or MateoEthan or MateoEzra or MateoHenry or MateoJack or MateoJames or MateoLevi or MateoLiam or MateoLucas or MateoMateo or NoahMateo or OliverMateo or SamuelMateo or SebastianMateo or TheodoreMateo or William
More head-to-heads with Michael
Asher or MichaelBenjamin or MichaelDaniel or MichaelElijah or MichaelEthan or MichaelEzra or MichaelHenry or MichaelJack or MichaelJames or MichaelLevi or MichaelLiam or MichaelLucas or MichaelMichael or NoahMichael or OliverMichael or SamuelMichael or SebastianMichael or TheodoreMichael or William

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.