boys:
287 births since 2003
#4299 (6th percentile)
overall:
287 births since 2003
#7452 (4th percentile)
The name Matvey is the #7,452 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 287 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,299 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 287 births since 2003.
Matvey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (first recorded for boys in 2003). Birth data for Matvey is available in 19 out of the 21 years between 2003 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, Matvey reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #867) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Matvey is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #893 (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Matvey".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Matvey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.9% confident that Matvey is pronounced as muht-VAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAT-vay, at 30.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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