Mathius
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-THY-us
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Mathius is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Mathius mean?
Hebrew: variant of Matthias
“gift of God”
Matthias was chosen by lot to replace Judas Iscariot among the twelve apostles.
Is Mathius a girl's or a boy's name?
Mathius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mathius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Mathius, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Mathius in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,956 boys in the US were given Mathius or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #204, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Mathius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Mathius
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mathius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mateo Matias Messiah Maximus Malachi Jaziel Eliam Aziel Elias Eliel Ozias Azriel
Other spellings of Mathius
Names related to Mathius
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mathius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mathius, updated 20 October 2026.