Boys' name · since 2018
Matua
Matua has 37 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,347 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Matua sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 37 recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Matua recorded 37 times among boys since 2018, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2024.
- #24,347 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matua ranks #24,347 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,347 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Matua's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Matua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Matua's full recorded timeline at 2022, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Matua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Matua by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Matua's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Matua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (68% of all-time use).
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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, 2018–2024 (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 Matua 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.