Boys' name · since 1992
Matrix
124 babies named Matrix in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,527 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Matrix currently ranks #8527 among boys' names in America, with 124 babies recorded since 1992.
Matrix has 124 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8527 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #16,022 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,527 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matrix ranks #16,022 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,527 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 124 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,527 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Matrix's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Matrix compares
124 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Matrix's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Matrix | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Matrix's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Matrix splits its recorded history at 2018: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Matrix popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Matrix by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (58 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Matrix's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Matrix births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 58 births (47% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Matrix 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 August 2026.