Mata

Girl · recorded 1885–1969

  • 1969last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

0234518851906192719481969

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 22 recorded years as a table
Mata, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188545
189132
189238
189323
189431
189621
189827
190121
190617
19129
191310
19159
19166
19206
19424
19473
19523
19535
19544
19572
19602
19694

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mata isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1969
6
Rank in 1969
#6,617
How rare
1 in 281,169 girls
Since 1885
137

Mata was last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 45 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mata doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.