Matej

maleStatistical record

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

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

Matej: Recorded every year since 2005, its highest recorded position is #357, and it stood at #770 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#357highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3208
2006	#2870
2007	#2435
2008	#2097
2009	#2837
2010	#1483
2011	#3830
2012	#2117
2013	#1539
2014	#3362
2015	#2020
2016	#4810
2017	#3040
2018	#2259
2019	#3013
2020	#3848
2021	#2301
2023	#4107

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 19 years from 2005 to 2023.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4107 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3208 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Matej appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 133 births with the name.

Matej across 2 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.

Matej'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
England and Wales · Boys	#3208 (2005)	#1483 (2010)	#4107 (2023)	18 of 19	133 (2005–2023)	16 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#455 (2011)	#770 (2023)	8 of 14	34 (2010–2023)	7 (2011)

Matej by decade in England and Wales · 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 Matej in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	31	5 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Matej 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 3 regions, from 2005 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #357 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Matej'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 2005 and 2023, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #357, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 5 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.

Mateen · #1617, 28y
Matei · #193, 21y
Mateo · #65, 31y
Mateus · #660, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Karley · #358, 14y
Kruz · #358, 17y
Seona · #358, 19y
Adah · #355, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Caedan · #358, 7y
Kruz · #358, 17y
Lejla · #358, 13y
Adah · #355, 20y

Matej was ranked #357 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Matej 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 Matej without appearing here.

Matej moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #4678.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #4685.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #3865.
Madison Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #3987.

Moved ahead of Matej

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1363.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2020 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2301 and #2493 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.
Robyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2301 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Matej

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Matej went from #2870 to #4107 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1461.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Matej went from #2435 to #4107 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1363.
Gunnar Compare
Between 2009 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Matej went from #2837 to #4107 while Gunnar went from #3744 to #1906.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 2005 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #357 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Matej

Matej at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matej across 2 official records

Matej by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Matej appears in

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Matej at a glance

Matej across 2 official records

Matej by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Names published alongside Matej

Matej and the names beside it

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