girls:
215 births since 1988
#5501 (4th percentile)
boys:
321 births since 1994
#4265 (7th percentile)
overall:
536 births since 1988
#7203 (7th percentile)
The name Matisse is the #7,203 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 536 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,265 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,501 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 215 births since 1988.
Matisse first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Matisse is available in 33 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (25 years for boys and 24 years for girls). 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.
The name Matisse has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Matisse were boys. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for girls (73.9% girls from 1988 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (74.4% boys from 2004 to 2023).
For boys, Matisse reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #907) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Matisse is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #890 (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million.
For girls, Matisse reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #874) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Matisse".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Matisse. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Matisse is pronounced as muh-TEES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-tees, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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