Matai Popularity by Year
Follow Matai across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Matai birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 14 | #6,143 | Down 700 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 17 | #5,443 | Up 777 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 14 | #6,220 | Down 346 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 15 | #5,874 | Up 1,713 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 10 | #7,587 | Down 967 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 12 | #6,620 | Down 1,981 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 21 | #4,639 | Up 279 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 19 | #4,918 | Down 925 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 26 | #3,993 | Up 334 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 23 | #4,327 | Down 345 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 26 | #3,982 | Up 281 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 23 | #4,263 | Down 998 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 33 | #3,265 | Up 32 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 33 | #3,297 | Up 1,525 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 19 | #4,822 | Down 144 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 20 | #4,678 | Up 244 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 19 | #4,922 | Up 327 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 17 | #5,249 | Up 1,013 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Down 2,374 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 25 | #3,888 | Down 73 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 24 | #3,815 | Up 1,192 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 16 | #5,007 | Up 4,574 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Up 1,086 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 111 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 5 | #10,556 | Down 5,239 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 12 | #5,317 | Up 2,243 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | — |