Recorded 2002–2018 Girls' name Peak 2003 74 births

Matayah — girls' name

74 babies named Matayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

74 girls have been named Matayah since 2002, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.

74
total births
2002–2018
years on record
2000s
peak decade
64%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Matayah was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

9 babies were named Matayah in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Matayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Matayah between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matayah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Matayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matayah 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 74 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.

Matayah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

74

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2003

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Matayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2003)
9
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
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Matayah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
47 births that decade — 64% of Matayah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Matayah?
74 babies have been named Matayah since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2003 with 9 births.
When was Matayah most popular?
Matayah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 47 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Matayah been used?
Matayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Matayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mattie, Matilda, Mathilda, Matthew, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2018 (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.