Girls' name · since 1998
Matelyn
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 101 babies named Matelyn, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 101
- total births
- 1998–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Matelyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 101 have been recorded since 1998.
Matelyn has 101 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2018.
- 101 total births
- 1998–2018 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Matelyn's 101 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Matelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Matelyn splits its recorded history at 2007: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Matelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2018
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Matelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Matelyn's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Matelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 54 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Matelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2010s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1998–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Matelyn: Baby Name Since 1998 - 101 Births, Peak 2001." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/matelyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Matelyn 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 July 2026.