Matas

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Matas: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Matas: Recorded since 1989, it reached #213 in 2008, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#213highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3134
2002	#3225
2003	#1962
2004	#1222
2005	#1095
2006	#1016
2007	#742
2008	#658
2009	#589
2010	#589
2011	#537
2012	#505
2013	#500
2014	#489
2015	#586
2016	#525
2017	#628
2018	#619
2019	#694
2020	#856
2021	#1023
2022	#1058
2023	#890
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 27 of the 36 years from 1989 to 2024.

In 2024: #494 among boys in Norway, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1989–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #637 among boys in Norway in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #213 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2002–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Matas appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1989, and has registered 229 births with the name.

Matas across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Matas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#637 (1989)	#257 (2017)	#494 (2024)	27 of 36	229 (1989–2024)	19 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#3134 (2001)	#489 (2014)	#1758 (2024)	24 of 24	997 (2001–2024)	80 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#213 (2008)	#829 (2025)	22 of 24	285 (2002–2025)	26 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#341 (2006)	#245 (2011)	#374 (2021)	15 of 16	68 (2006–2021)	7 (2011)

Matas by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Matas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	70	9 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	113	10 of 10	11
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Matas appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #213 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Matas's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#890	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1023	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#694	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#619	58	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#628	57	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#525	74	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#586	63	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#489	80	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#500	75	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#505	75	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#537	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#589	57	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#589	55	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#658	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#742	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#494	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#434	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#389	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#376	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#371	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#508	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#283	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#315	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#311	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#365	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#388	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#456	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#361	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#569	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#448	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#463	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	23	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	23	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	22	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	22	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	25	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	16	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1989 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #213, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 80 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Masuma · #736, 22y
Mate · #604, 16y
Mateen · #1617, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Coby · #213, 30y
Aj · #211, 24y
Arwen · #215, 26y
Bertie · #211, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Felicia · #210, 38y
Hafsa · #216, 35y
Emre · #209, 33y
Devin · #208, 33y

Matas was ranked #213 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Matas and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Matas without appearing here.

Matas moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1095 and #3849.
Nicola Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #3651.
Ole Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #3651.
Sander Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #3385.

Moved ahead of Matas

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #890 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1132.
Mathias Compare
In 2022 they stood at #572 and #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #396.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #890 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1460.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #401 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #646 and #402.

Moved the opposite way to Matas

Stig Compare
Between 1989 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Matas went from #637 to #376 while Stig went from #86 to #493.
Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matas went from #3134 to #1758 while Aaron went from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matas went from #3134 to #1758 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matas went from #3134 to #1758 while Alan went from #270 to #592.

Moved the same way as Matas

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matas went from #451 to #829 and Aaron from #12 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matas went from #451 to #829 and Adam from #3 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matas went from #451 to #829 and Adrian from #146 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matas went from #451 to #829 and Alan from #60 to #232.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #213 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Matas

Matas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matas across 4 official records

Matas by decade in Norway · Boys

Matas appears in

Popularity data

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Matas moved ahead of

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Matas across 4 official records

Matas by decade in Norway · Boys

Matas appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Matas

Matas and the names beside it

Matas moved ahead of

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