Girls' name · since 1961
Matrice
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Matrice, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 87
- total births
- 1961–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Matrice is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 87 have been recorded since 1961.
Matrice has 87 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1993.
- 87 total births
- 1961–1993 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Matrice's 87 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Matrice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Matrice's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Matrice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1993
- Peak year (1973)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Matrice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Matrice's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Matrice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 34 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Matrice's decade-level peak was the 1970s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Matrice: Baby Name Since 1961 - 87 Births, Peak 1973." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/matrice. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Matrice draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.