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Matias

Gender
Boy
Say it
ma-TEE-as
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#467 for boys
US rank, 2025
#170 for boys

Matias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 467th for boys in the UK (94 babies) and 170th for boys in the US (2,140 babies).

What does Matias mean?

Hebrew: Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish form of Matthias

“gift of God”

Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish form of Matthias, from Hebrew Mattityahu.

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

Matias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 boys in the UK and 2,140 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Matias in the UK?

Rank in 2025
467th among boys
Babies in 2025
94 about 1 in 3,200 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 94 boys in the UK were named Matias, making it the 467th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 559th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 96 boys.

Half of all the boys named Matias in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 113 boys in the UK were given Matias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #413, up from #467 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 432nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 96 in 20222025
Matias in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202594#467
202466#634
202380#547
202296#464
202181#539
202075#559
201956#679
201880#540
201762#648
201651#738
201539#871
201436#905
201330#1,017
201226#1,128
201126#1,095
201014#1,724
200917#1,451
200824#1,129
200716#1,458
20069#1,995
20056#2,545
20049#1,831
20038#1,880
200210#1,490
20015#2,326
20005#2,237
19990–
19988#1,569
19970–
19966#1,840

How popular is Matias in the US?

Rank in 2025
170th among boys
Babies in 2025
2,140 about 1 in 800 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 22% in five years
Same name in a class
1.7% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,140 boys in the US were named Matias, making it the 170th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 216th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 2,265 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.

Half of all the boys named Matias in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,303 boys in the US were given Matias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #179.

1904Busiest: 2,265 in 20242025
Matias in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,140#170
20242,265#159
20232,199#164
20221,945#196
20211,721#225
20201,754#216
20191,645#229
20182,015#202
20171,565#236
2016917#363
2015664#458
2014559#504
2013465#566
2012457#565
2011442#567
2010329#708
2009332#715
2008267#822
2007270#799
2006246#827
2005212#866
2004195#887
2003138#1,110
2002153#1,011
2001136#1,058
200094#1,350
199977#1,474
1998103#1,194
199790#1,271
199688#1,255
199553#1,677
199471#1,379
199354#1,633
199258#1,520
199156#1,539
199048#1,680
198950#1,585
198835#1,874
198733#1,892
198639#1,644
198530#1,915
198431#1,795
198329#1,863
198232#1,773
198137#1,601
198026#2,058
197934#1,670
197819#2,375
197724#2,008
197622#2,112
197533#1,558
197417#2,356
197318#2,214
197222#1,928
197119#2,125
197021#1,938
196925#1,641
196818#1,893
196712#2,351
196618#1,813
196510#2,615
196421#1,728
196322#1,694
196211#2,502
196118#1,947
196018#1,909
195913#2,294
195815#2,092
195713#2,273
195615#2,090
195519#1,790
19549#2,742
195317#1,899
195215#2,009
195117#1,837
195023#1,537
194923#1,543
194822#1,558
194723#1,554
194616#1,812
194510#2,241
194420#1,524
194319#1,635
194220#1,585
194120#1,532
194022#1,433
19399#2,449
193815#1,818
193711#2,197
193621#1,463
193514#1,929
193414#1,932
19338#2,737
193214#1,995
193116#1,843
193028#1,368
192912#2,316
192832#1,272
192719#1,796
192623#1,565
192515#2,088
192424#1,577
192311#2,613
192216#2,039
192119#1,828
192018#1,885
191923#1,530
191820#1,709
191714#2,090
191615#1,948
191516#1,781
19147#2,650
191312#1,579
19127#2,044
19110–
19106#1,420
19090–
19080–
19075#1,344
19060–
19050–
19045#1,204

Names like Matias

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

Tobias, Elias, Matteo, Matthias, Elijah, Asher, Myles, Malachi, Isaiah, Gabriel, Jude, Noah

Other spellings of Matias

Mattias

Names related to Matias

Mathias, Matas, Matyas, Mathis, Matisse, Mattis, Mathayus, Mathius

More Hebrew names

Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Matias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matias, updated 20 October 2026.