Mataya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-TAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Mataya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Mataya come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps an elaboration of Maya
Is Mataya a girl's or a boy's name?
Mataya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mataya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 girls.
Mataya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mataya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Mataya, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Mataya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mataya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 76 | #2,240 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Mataya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Zainab Hiba Amira Hafsa Amaya Safiya Khadija Maya Summer Ayah
Names related to Mataya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mataya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mataya, updated 20 October 2026.