Recorded 1915–1924 Girls' name Peak 1917 19 births

Matsuyo — girls' name

19 babies named Matsuyo in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s121920s7
1910s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Matsuyo was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

7 babies were named Matsuyo in 1917 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Matsuyo

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Matsuyo between 1915 and 1924, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matsuyo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matsuyo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Matsuyo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matsuyo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matsuyo 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 19 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.

Matsuyo at a glance

Last recorded 1924

Total births

19

Since 1915

10 years of records

Peak year

1917

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1924

Active since

1915

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 1924

Matsuyo popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1915

Last recorded 1924
Peak year (1917)
7
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 192419171915 5

Matsuyo by decade

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

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
12 births that decade — 63% of Matsuyo's all-time total
1910s121920s7

Matsuyo by state

Where Matsuyo concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Matsuyo
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
14 73.7%
Hawaii share of Matsuyo's total US births 73.7%

14 of 19 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Matsuyo?
19 babies have been named Matsuyo since 1915. It was last recorded in 1924. The peak year was 1917 with 7 births.
When was Matsuyo most popular?
Matsuyo was most popular in the 1910s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
Where is Matsuyo most popular?
The top states for the name Matsuyo are Hawaii (14 births).
How long has the name Matsuyo been used?
Matsuyo has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 10 years of data through 1924.
What names are similar to Matsuyo?
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.

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, 1915–1924 (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.