How popular is the name Matas?

131 US babies were named Matas between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2006.

What careers are people named Matas over-represented in?

Among notable men who are basketball players, Matass show up 2.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Matas

Q: How common is the spelling Matas?

1 in 240 Matiass spell it Matas.

Matas. 131 US babies since 1940, peak 2006. Notable Matass are 2.7× over-represented as basketball players.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2006

131 US babies were named Matas between 1940 and 2025.

Matas around the world

Ireland: 285 babies since 1964, peak 2011, No. 787 in 2025
England & Wales: 1,015 babies since 1996, peak 2014, No. 1,466 in 2025
Norway: 229 babies since 1945, peak 2017
Northern Ireland: 68 babies since 1997, peak 2011
Sweden: 28 babies since 1998, peak 2021
Scotland: 20 babies since 1974, peak 2017

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Matass end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Basketball player	2.7×	Medium · 10 people
Actor	1.0×	Low · 1 people
Politician	0.9×	Low · 1 people
Footballer	0.9×	Low · 1 people

Among notable men who are basketball players, Matass show up 2.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 240 Matiass spell it Matas

Matias 79%
Mattias 9%
Mateusz 4%
Mateus 3%
Matisse 2%
Mattis 1%
Matteus 1%
Matyas 1%
Matis 1%
Matas <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2006)