Mata

Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617

Peak · girls
1885 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
137
since 1885

Mata over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mata has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #921, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1969#6,6176
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1960#6,3905
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1957#6,0865
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1954#4,2788
1953#3,68710
1952#5,5635
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1947#5,2955
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1942#4,1246
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1920#3,9577
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1916#3,9196
1915#2,9009
1914
1913#2,8276
1912#2,9795
1911
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1906#1,9515
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1901#1,6795
1900
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1898#1,3797
1897
1896#1,5835
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1894#1,2377
1893#1,4375
1892#1,0858
1891#1,2136
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1885#9216
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Mata! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mata
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1885 at #921 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,176
  • Highest: 1 in 22,176 girls born in 1885 were named Mata (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 281,169 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
  • 27.7% of all girls named Mata (38) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#921 (1885)#921
1890s38#1,085 (1892)#1,322
1900s10#1,679 (1901)#1,815
1910s26#2,827 (1913)#3,156
1920s7#3,957 (1920)#3,957
1930s0
1940s11#4,124 (1942)#4,710
1950s28#3,687 (1953)#4,904
1960s11#6,390 (1960)#6,504

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mata in 1885

girls
#921
6 births · 1 in 22,176 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #921Mata6
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 22,176 of them was named Mata, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mata
  1. #842Yetta7
  2. #842Zada7
  3. #842Zadie7
  4. #921Mata6
  5. #921Agness6
  6. #921Albert6
  7. #921Alvira6
  8. #1,047Abby5
  9. #1,047Alcie5
  10. #1,047Alexina5

Tied with 125 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885