Matai
Boy · ma-TYE
Matai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
Where does Matai come from?
Possibly Samoan matai 'family chief', or Hebrew Mattai (Matthew)
- Say it
- ma-TYE
Is Matai a girl's or a boy's name?
Matai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Matai, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Matai in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Matai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kasai Zakai Makai Musa Jasai Jakai Kairo Tru Sakai Masai Azai Hamza