Unisex name · since 1988
Mateja
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 67 babies named Mateja, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mateja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 67 recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mateja has been recorded 67 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2008.
- #31,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mateja ranks #31,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mateja's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mateja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mateja splits its recorded history at 2005: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mateja popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2008
- Peak year (2004)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Mateja popularity over time - boys
29 total births recorded since 2006 (Mateja as boys' name)
Mateja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (54 births, 81% of the file).
2000s was Mateja's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Mateja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 54 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mateja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 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, 1988–2008 (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 Mateja 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.