Matalie — girls' name
136 babies named Matalie in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
136 girls have been named Matalie since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2015.
- 136
- total births
- 1976–2015
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Matalie was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Matalie in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matalie
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Matalie between 1976 and 2015, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matalie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matalie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Matalie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matalie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matalie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 136 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Matalie at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Matalie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1976
- Peak year (1985)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
136 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 14 births in a single year.
Matalie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 52 births that decade — 38% of Matalie's all-time total
Matalie decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Matalie's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Matalie by state
Where Matalie concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 5.1% |
7 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.