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Mathias

Boy · ma-THY-as · Hebrew

Mathias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 559th for boys in the UK (76 babies) and 312th for boys in the US (1,087 babies).

What does Mathias mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Matthias

“gift of God”

Spelling of Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot.

Say it
ma-THY-as

Is Mathias a girl's or a boy's name?

Mathias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 boys in the UK and 1,087 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mathias in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#559among boys
Babies in 2025
76about 1 in 3,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 76 boys in the UK were named Mathias, making it the 559th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 492nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 100 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Mathias than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Mathias in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 156 boys in the UK were given Mathias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #329, up from #559 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 507th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 100 in 20242025
Mathias in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202576#559
2024100#449
202382#537
202295#469
202187#513
202087#492
201971#588
201865#621
201751#748
201632#1,010
201527#1,112
201433#969
201320#1,347
201224#1,199
201121#1,293
201016#1,585
200920#1,290
200816#1,490
20079#2,139
20069#1,995
200513#1,522
200417#1,183
20035#2,574
200211#1,384
20013#3,255
20004#2,612
19996#1,941
19986#1,932
19973#2,979
19969#1,394

How popular is Mathias in the US?

Rank in 2025
#312among boys
Babies in 2025
1,087about 1 in 1,600 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,087 boys in the US were named Mathias, making it the 312th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 428th.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Mathias of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the boys named Mathias in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,956 boys in the US were given Mathias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #204, up from #312 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,087 in 20252025
Mathias in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,087#312
20241,032#337
2023877#370
2022805#396
2021701#441
2020694#428
2019742#419
2018796#400
2017660#459
2016599#501
2015509#562
2014474#586
2013392#627
2012353#668
2011336#691
2010315#728
2009288#787
2008299#751
2007281#775
2006285#744
2005233#811
2004252#741
2003172#951
2002137#1,086
2001109#1,219
200091#1,379
199990#1,326
199884#1,380
199777#1,410
199682#1,319
199567#1,451
199465#1,466
199356#1,596
199255#1,593
199171#1,330
199054#1,542
198954#1,511
198873#1,175
198750#1,437
198642#1,564
198547#1,428
198440#1,530
198335#1,650
198243#1,463
198143#1,455
198042#1,475
197942#1,435
197848#1,299
197735#1,571
197636#1,501
197535#1,504
197430#1,618
197323#1,870
197218#2,158
197128#1,667
197016#2,292
196913#2,414
19689#2,906
196717#1,905
196613#2,215
19657#3,242
196422#1,699
196323#1,658
196220#1,804
196116#2,069
196021#1,771
195925#1,587
195818#1,895
195715#2,092
19567#3,214
195515#2,047
195415#2,043
195311#2,390
195213#2,152
195113#2,134
195016#1,878
19499#2,605
194818#1,757
194718#1,785
19466#3,171
194511#2,130
194416#1,737
194315#1,909
194218#1,682
194111#2,207
194017#1,680
193924#1,359
193827#1,275
193716#1,756
193618#1,587
193516#1,757
193419#1,608
193315#1,829
193212#2,191
193129#1,282
193021#1,602
192922#1,564
192822#1,611
192723#1,603
192636#1,192
192528#1,390
192429#1,380
192341#1,114
192240#1,120
192131#1,329
192038#1,157
191939#1,097
191850#943
191739#1,062
191642#984
191538#1,037
191424#1,188
191333#835
19128#1,884
191112#981
19106#1,420
190911#893
19088#1,021
19077#1,093
19066#1,110
19058#918
19048#874
19035#1,129
19020–
19010–
19009#901
18995#1,050
18980–
18979#725
18965#1,100
189514#556
18949#729
189312#572
189210#687
189113#497
189020#405
188915#482
188820#416
188711#544
188611#578
188513#521
188413#520
188318#412
188214#489
188112#503
188012#526

Nicknames for Mathias

Names like Mathias

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elias Tobias Matias Elijah Matteo Noah Isaiah Ezra Levi Eli Malachi Axel

Other spellings of Mathias

Matthias Mathius

Names related to Mathias

Matas Mattias Matheus Matyas Mathis Matisse Mattis Mathayus

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