Matej — #11588 US boys' name
139 babies named Matej in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Matej was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Matej in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matej
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Matej between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matej currently holds the #11588 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matej performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Matej shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matej 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 139 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.
Matej at a glance
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Current rank
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Matej popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #11588 among boys.
139 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Matej by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 59 births that decade — 42% of Matej's all-time total
Matej decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Matej's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.