Fun Facts About the Name Mattea
- More than 1 thousand babies named Mattea: U.S. records list 1,859 babies given the name Mattea from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mattea Mean?
Mattea is an Italian feminine form of Matteo, the Italian form of Matthew. It goes back to the Hebrew Mattityahu (also written Matityahu), usually explained as "gift of Yahweh." The Hebrew elements are mattan, "gift," and Yah, a shortened form of the divine name YHWH. Mattea is the feminine counterpart of Matteo, formed by changing the masculine ending -o to -a. The literal sense "gift of Yahweh" is commonly rendered in English as "gift of God."
Mattea Name History & Origins
In the books of Maccabees, Mattityahu is the name of Mattathias, a Jewish priest whose resistance to Seleucid rule helped set off the Maccabean revolt in the second century BCE. In the New Testament, the name appears in Greek as Matthaios for the apostle Matthew, traditionally associated with the first Gospel. Latin Christian usage fixed the form Matthaeus, which passed into the languages of Europe. Italian developed Matteo, a common masculine name, and the feminine Mattea follows the Italian pattern of pairing masculine names in -o with feminine names in -a. Mattea is used in Italy and in Italian-speaking communities, and it has also been adopted in English-speaking countries, where it is usually understood as a feminine form of Matthew.
How Popular is the Name Mattea?
Mattea has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #1,890 in 2006.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,056 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #4,968 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #4,522 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2022 | #4,744 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #4,381 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2020 | #4,712 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #4,233 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #5,272 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #4,451 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2016 | #5,407 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #5,242 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #5,918 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,058 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2012 | #3,446 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #3,119 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 2010 | #2,799 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2009 | #2,586 | 72 | 0.0039% |
| 2008 | #2,261 | 87 | 0.0046% |
| 2007 | #2,030 | 101 | 0.0053% |
| 2006 | #1,890 | 108 | 0.0057% |
| 2005 | #2,619 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2004 | #2,575 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,481 | 66 | 0.0036% |
| 2002 | #2,765 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2001 | #2,529 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2000 | #2,392 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 1999 | #2,012 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 1998 | #2,213 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1997 | #2,542 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1996 | #2,415 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1995 | #3,264 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1994 | #3,150 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #2,974 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #3,187 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #3,191 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1990 | #4,187 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1989 | #6,025 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #6,945 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #7,770 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #6,424 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #6,762 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #9,894 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #8,635 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #6,677 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #6,162 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #9,854 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #5,623 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #8,197 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #7,663 | 7 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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