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Mathias

boy name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2020s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

variant of Matthias, "gift of God"

The story

Mathias is the single-t spelling of Matthias, from the Hebrew Mattityahu, gift of God. The New Testament Matthias is the apostle chosen by lot in the Book of Acts to fill the place left by Judas, which makes him the one apostle who arrives by drawing lots rather than by invitation. The single-t form is the everyday spelling across Scandinavia and much of German-speaking Europe, and that is how it reached American records early. It shows up in the 1890s and never quite disappears, staying under four hundred boys a decade for its first eighty years. Then it climbs, and it has not stopped. The 2010s were its strongest decade on record, and the 2020s have already passed them with the decade only half counted. Mathias is that rare biblical name more popular now than at any point in its American history.

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Mathias across languages

One shared root links 9 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Mattityahu "gift of Yahweh", via Greek Matthaios

The constellation

MathiasScandinavian · variantMatthewEnglishMateoSpanishMatteoItalianMateusPortuguese

More branches

MathewEnglish · variantMatthiasGreek · variantMatiasPortuguese · related formMattEnglish · short form

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How popular is Mathias around the world?

In the United States, 5,196 babies were named Mathias between 2020 and 2025. In Norway, 173 boys were given the name Mathias in 2025.

Mathias is on the official records of the United States, Norway, Montevideo, Chile, Austria, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, France, Canada, Ireland, England and Wales, Brazil, Argentina and Spain.

United States

1 in 4,200

In the United States, 5,196 babies were named Mathias between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mathias peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Norway

1 in 160 · register 2026

In Norway, 173 boys were given the name Mathias in 2025.

1945peak 20042025

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Montevideo City

1 in 500 · 2011

In Montevideo, 47 boys named Mathias were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1960peak 19922011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 1,100

In Chile, 169 boys were registered as Mathias in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1940peak 2007

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Austria

1 in 1,100

In Austria, 69 boys named Mathias were born in 2025, the 106th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 19942025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Mexico City City

1 in 1,200

In Mexico City, there were 95 registrations of Mathias in 2022.

2000peak 2018

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (9 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Puerto Rico

1 in 1,400

In Puerto Rico, 13 babies were named Mathias in 2025, and 155 have carried the name since 1998.

1998peak 2023

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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France

1 in 2,300

In France, about 275 boys named Mathias were born in 2025, the 197th most common name among boys that year.

1900peak 2005

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Canada

1 in 3,400

In Canada, 107 boys named Mathias were born in 2024, the 310th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 20052024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 6,800

In Ireland, 8 boys named Mathias were born in 2025, the 432nd most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 7,700

In England and Wales, 76 boys named Mathias were born in 2025, the 507th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Brazil

1 in 15,000

At the 2022 census, 13,376 people in Brazil were named Mathias, ranked 1,384th, with a median age of 6.
Among people named Mathias living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 4,878 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Argentina

1 in 17,000

In Argentina, 40 newborns were given the name Mathias in 2024.

2012peak 20182024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 25,000

In Spain, 1,792 residents are named Mathias, the 871st most common name among men, with a mean age of 11.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Poland

last on record 2023

Mathias is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Scotland

last on record 2023

Mathias is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 2015

Mathias is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in New Zealand: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

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When you meet Mathias

Most people given the name Mathias in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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