boys:
1.9k births since 1885
#2866 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1885
#5858 (24th percentile)
The name Mathis is the #5,858 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,904 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 24.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,866 (37.5% percentile) for all time with 1,904 births since 1885.
Mathis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (first recorded for boys in 1885). Birth data for Mathis is available in 108 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Mathis reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 14.8% percentile (ranked #785) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 70 births per million (ranked 14.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mathis ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 30.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mathis".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mathis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Mathis is pronounced as MA-thihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-TEES, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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