Mateen
Masculine · “firm”
Mateen is the Arabic word for firm and strong, and al-Matin, the Firm, is among the divine names.
How old is the name Mateen?
Mateen first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Mateen alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 600 people named Mateen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mateen most popular?
Mateen peaked in 1995, reaching #3303 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 946 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
From matin to Mateen
The story of Mateen
The root m-t-n names solidity in a concrete sense — the word is used of a strong rope and a firm back — and the divine name applies it to a strength that does not tire. Mateen is used across the Arab world and South Asia, particularly in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and reaches American records with families from those countries and through African-American Muslim naming.
Meaning
firm, strong, solid
From an Arabic root meaning to be firm or robust; the word describes physical solidity and moral steadfastness alike. Al-Matin appears in the Qur'an in a verse about God as the possessor of strength.
How the name formed
- matin
- Mateen
Related forms: Matin · Mateen · Matin
Pronouncing Mateen
ma-TEEN
Two syllables with the stress on the long second. English speakers often say MAT-een.
Nicknames for Mateen
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most boys named
- 201231 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3303reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- +50.0%24 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mateen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Matin in Arabic — transliteration
- Mateen in Urdu — same name
- Matin in Persian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Mateens among us
people named Mateen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Mateen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
The Eliu test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mateen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Eliu climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Eliu's path sketches the road Mateen is walking now.
Mateen sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Mateen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mateen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a concrete physical sense behind it.
- Mat is available immediately as an ordinary English short form.
- Recognized across the Arab world and South Asia.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- Mateen and Matin are both in use and neither is dominant in English.
- It is close to Matteo and Martin in an American ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mateens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Mateen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mateen in 2025?
- Mateen ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mateen?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Mateen — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mateen with classmates?
- Mateen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Mateen
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