Matas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Matas

The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Matas between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Matas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matas 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 131 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.