Matias Boy
How popular is Matias?
#170 boy name in 2025
2,140 baby boys were named Matias in the US in 2025, making it the 170th most popular boy name.
Matias popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #170 for boys (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,140 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+222% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #458 in 2015, #216 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (2,265 boys) |
| Highest rank | #159 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Matias counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Matias family of names ranked #173 for boys in 2025 (#161 the year before), with 2,313 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Matias | 2,140 | 93% |
| Mattias | 163 | 7% |
| Matyas | 5 | 0% |
| Matius | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Matias is most popular
Babies named Matias per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 2.5 per 1,000 (2,201 boys)
- New Mexico: 2.4 per 1,000 (80 boys)
- California: 2.3 per 1,000 (2,095 boys)
- Nevada: 2.2 per 1,000 (126 boys)
- District of Columbia: 2.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
Matias by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,204 |
| 1910s | 120 | #1,420 |
| 1920s | 189 | #1,272 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,368 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,433 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,537 |
| 1960s | 173 | #1,641 |
| 1970s | 229 | #1,558 |
| 1980s | 342 | #1,585 |
| 1990s | 698 | #1,194 |
| 2000s | 2,043 | #715 |
| 2010s | 9,058 | #202 |
| 2020s | 12,024 | #159 |
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Questions
- Is Matias a boy or girl name?
- Matias is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Matias were boys.
- How popular is the name Matias?
- 2,140 baby boys were named Matias in the US in 2025, making it the 170th most popular boy name.
- When was Matias most popular?
- Matias peaked in 2024, when 2,265 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #159 in 2024.
- How many people are named Matias?
- 25,392 babies have been named Matias in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,590 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Matias most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Matias was most common in Texas, at 2.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.