Girls' name · since 1998
Maat
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 194 babies named Maat, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
194 babies have been named Maat since 1998, making it today's #12470 girls' name.
Maat has 194 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12470 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #20,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,470 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maat ranks #20,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,470 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 194 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maat's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maat compares
194 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maat's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maat's full recorded timeline at 2016, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Maat by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Maat's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Maat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Maat's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maat draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.