Matison
Christine Matison is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached the semi-finals of the 1978 Australian Open as a qualifier.
Meaning & Origin of Matison
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Christine Matison is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached the semi-finals of the 1978 Australian Open as a qualifier.
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The Story of Matison
The earliest SSA record of Matison as a baby girl name dates back to 1992, when 6 babies received it. 2001 was its biggest year on record, with 31 newborns named Matison — #4,025 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Matison on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Matison last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 351 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Matison
Matison is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 351 births in the dataset. Matison's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #4,025. Use the chart and map above to compare Matison's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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