Recorded 1929–2022 Girls' name Peak 1974 361 births

Matina — girls' name

361 babies named Matina in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s71930s121950s121960s551970s1101980s681990s432000s362010s132020s5
1970s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Matina was born in this single decade.

1974
Single peak year

17 babies were named Matina in 1974 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Matina

The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Matina between 1929 and 2022, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Matina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matina 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 361 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.

Matina at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

361

Since 1929

94 years of records

Peak year

1974

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1929

Recorded for 94 years

Last year on file: 2022

Matina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1929

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1974)
17
Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
05101520 202220031991198319771971196419321929 7

Matina by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
110 births that decade — 30% of Matina's all-time total
1920s71930s121950s121960s551970s1101980s681990s432000s362010s132020s5

Matina by state

Where Matina concentrates geographically — total births since 1929

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Matina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Ohio
5 1.4%
Ohio share of Matina's total US births 1.4%

5 of 361 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Matina?
361 babies have been named Matina since 1929. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1974 with 17 births.
When was Matina most popular?
Matina was most popular in the 1970s decade with 110 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
Where is Matina most popular?
The top states for the name Matina are Ohio (5 births).
How long has the name Matina been used?
Matina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1929, spanning 94 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Matina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mattie, Matilda, Mathilda, Matthew, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1929–2022 (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.