Girls' name · since 1922
Matea
Matea has 851 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,532 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 851
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Matea currently ranks #9532 among girls' names in America, with 851 babies recorded since 1922.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matea has been recorded 851 times among girls since 1922, currently ranked #9532 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #8,404 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,532 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 851 born since 1922
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matea ranks #8,404 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,532 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 851 born since 1922, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,532 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 851
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Matea's 851 recorded births place it above 88.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Matea compares
851 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Matea's all-time total is 126% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Matea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 851 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Matea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Matea's full recorded timeline at 2006, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 51 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Matea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Matea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (360 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Matea's strongest decade.
360 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Matea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s 130
1990s
130 births
- 2000s
2000s
360 births
- 2010s
2010s
223 births
- 2020s 119
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 360 births (42% of all-time use).
How Matea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Matea's total volume
Matea by state
Where Matea concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 8.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
75 of 851 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Matea's data
- Matea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (360 total births); usage has since declined to 119 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mateas (75 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Matea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Matea 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.