Matrix
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAY-triks
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Matrix is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “womb, source”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Matrix mean?
English: English word, from Latin matrix 'womb'
“womb, source”
An English word for the setting in which something develops, made famous by the 1999 film The Matrix.
Is Matrix a girl's or a boy's name?
Matrix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matrix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Matrix, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Matrix in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matrix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Matrix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Matrix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matrix, updated 20 October 2026.