Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller, known by his stage name Matisyahu, is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician.
Meaning & Origin of Matisyahu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Matthew Paul Miller, known by his stage name Matisyahu, is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician.
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The Story of Matisyahu
The earliest SSA record of Matisyahu as a baby boy name dates back to 1994, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Matisyahu — #5,878 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Matisyahu on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Matisyahu last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 15 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 69 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Matisyahu
Matisyahu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 69 births in the dataset. Matisyahu's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #5,878. Use the chart and map above to compare Matisyahu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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