Is Matisse a boy or girl name?

Matisse is a unisex name. Of the 582 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 37.8% were girls and 62.2% were boys.

Matisse

Recorded 1988–2025 · United States

Matisse was most popular in 2021, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,168 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 582 people named Matisse.

Matisse over time

Births per year. The dot marks Matisse’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Matisse a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Matisse is a unisex name — 37.8% of the 582 Americans given it were girls and 62.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Matisse

Where Matisse is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 9.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org