Boys' name · since 2002
Matej
Matej has 139 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 139
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
139 boys have been named Matej since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Matej has 139 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2002 to 2024.
- #15,277 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 139 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matej ranks #15,277 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 139
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Matej's 139 recorded births place it above 66.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Matej's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Matej's full recorded timeline at 2013, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Matej popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Matej by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Matej's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Matej births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Matej's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- 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 Matej: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2002–2024 (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 Matej 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.