Mattias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-TEE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,231 for boys
Mattias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 1,231st for boys in the US (163 babies).
What does Mattias mean?
Hebrew: Swedish and Finnish form of Matthias
“gift of God”
Swedish and Finnish form of Matthias, from Hebrew Mattityahu.
Is Mattias a girl's or a boy's name?
Mattias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 163 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mattias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Mattias, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 31 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mattias in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 113 boys in the UK were given Mattias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #413, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Matias 94
- Mattias 19
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Mattias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Mattias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,231st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 163 about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 163 boys in the US were named Mattias, making it the 1,231st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,288th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 185 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Mattias in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,303 boys in the US were given Mattias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #179, up from #1,231 for this spelling alone.
- Matias 2,140
- Mattias 163
Mattias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 163 | #1,231 |
| 2024 | 185 | #1,140 |
| 2023 | 177 | #1,167 |
| 2022 | 153 | #1,264 |
| 2021 | 184 | #1,114 |
| 2020 | 141 | #1,288 |
| 2019 | 117 | #1,472 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,502 |
| 2016 | 106 | #1,556 |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,555 |
| 2014 | 86 | #1,751 |
| 2013 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 77 | #1,834 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 78 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,125 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Mattias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Tobias, Elijah, Musa, Muhammad, Asher, Malachi, Noah, Isaiah, Marley, Axel, Ibrahim
Other spellings of Mattias
Names related to Mattias
Matthias, Mathias, Matas, Matyas, Mathis, Matisse, Mattis, Matthews, Mathius
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Mattias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mattias, updated 20 October 2026.