Matthias Boy
How popular is Matthias?
#372 boy name in 2025
854 baby boys were named Matthias in the US in 2025, making it the 372nd most popular boy name.
Matthias popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #372 for boys (▲ 100 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 854 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #555 in 2015, #426 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (854 boys) |
| Highest rank | #372 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Matthias counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mathias family of names ranked #198 for boys in 2025 (#232 the year before), with 1,956 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mathias | 1,087 | 56% |
| Matthias | 854 | 44% |
| Mathius | 15 | 1% |
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 Matthias is most popular
Babies named Matthias per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 2.3 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.3 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Hawaii: 1.2 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Kansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Oregon: 0.8 per 1,000 (57 boys)
Matthias by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #700 |
| 1890s | 15 | #994 |
| 1910s | 142 | #1,192 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,873 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,185 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,466 |
| 1950s | 80 | #2,090 |
| 1960s | 179 | #1,722 |
| 1970s | 258 | #1,546 |
| 1980s | 527 | #1,216 |
| 1990s | 825 | #1,174 |
| 2000s | 2,056 | #761 |
| 2010s | 5,144 | #406 |
| 2020s | 4,176 | #372 |
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Questions
- Is Matthias a boy or girl name?
- Matthias is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Matthias were boys.
- How popular is the name Matthias?
- 854 baby boys were named Matthias in the US in 2025, making it the 372nd most popular boy name.
- When was Matthias most popular?
- Matthias peaked in 2025, when 854 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #372 in 2025.
- How many people are named Matthias?
- 13,676 babies have been named Matthias in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,085 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Matthias most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Matthias was most common in Alaska, at 2.3 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.