Matraca — girls' name
85 babies named Matraca in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
85 girls have been named Matraca since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 85
- total births
- 1990–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Matraca was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Matraca in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matraca
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Matraca between 1990 and 1995, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matraca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matraca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matraca in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matraca 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 85 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.
Matraca at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Matraca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1990
- Peak year (1991)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
85 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 43 births in a single year.
Matraca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 85 births that decade — 100% of Matraca's all-time total
Matraca decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Matraca's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Matraca by state
Where Matraca concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 5.9% |
5 of 85 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1990–1995 (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.