Matei is a distinctive choice, ranked #298 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Matei in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#298
About the Name Matei
Matei has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 101 places in five years. It was most popular in 2019 at #193 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2005.
Matei is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Matei
Unlikely. With around 149 UK babies named Matei per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Matei in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Matei has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 101 places in the last five years. Its peak was #193 in 2019. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Matei is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Matei include: Matei Zaharia — Matei Zaharia is a Romanian-Canadian computer scientist, educator and the creator of Apache Spark.; Sorin Matei — Sorin Matei is a retired Romanian high jumper.; Florin Matei — Robert Florin Matei, is a Romanian futsal player who plays for Fc Autobergamo Deva and the Romanian national futsal team..
Matei does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mateis in the wild.
149
UK babies named Matei (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 101 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Matei
Likely around 1 other Matei in the class
UK Popularity (2005–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Matei
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Matei Zaharia is a Romanian-Canadian computer scientist, educator and the creator of Apache Spark. In 2022, Forbes ranked him and Ion Stoica as the 3rd-richest Romanians with a net worth of $1.6 billion.
Matei Machedon is a Romanian–American mathematician, specializing in partial differential equations and mathematical physics. Machedon graduated from the University of Chicago with B.A./M.S.
Matei or Mateiu Millo was a Moldavian, later Romanian stage actor, singer, producer and playwright, noted as a founding figure in local theater. Hailing from two lineages of boyar aristocrats (one of which was originally French), he appeared in amateur productions around the age of twenty, alongside Vasile Alecsandri—who, later in life, was Millo's main literary backer.