Mataya
Recorded 1977–2025 · United States
Mataya was most popular in 2003, when 76 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,829 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,178 people named Mataya.
Mataya over time
How old is the name Mataya?
Mataya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1977, which makes it about 48 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 39 of the 49 years since.
How many people are named Mataya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,178 American births named Mataya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,166 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mataya in 2025?
14 American babies were named Mataya in 2025, ranking #12,918 that year.
Is Mataya getting more or less popular?
Mataya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 14 births a year, against 29 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -52% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mataya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mataya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,178 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mataya?
Roughly 1,166 Americans named Mataya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 15 and 25. That is a narrow band: Mataya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org