# Matija (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matija/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 10,216 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,386 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,470 |

## People named Matija

- Matija Ljubek, Canoe racer (1953–2000)
- Matija Gubec, Croatian revolutionary from 16th century
- Matija Divković, Bosnian Franciscan and writer
- Matija Antun Relković, Croatian writer (1732–1798)
- Matija Barl, actor and music festival organizer (1940–2018)
- Matija Zmajević, Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy
- Matija Frigan, Croatian footballer
- Matija Gregurić, Croatian athletics competitor
- Matija Mesić, Croatian historian (1826-1878)
- Matija Mažuranić, Croatian writer (1817-1881)
- Matija Petar Katančić, Croatian writer and lexicographer (1750-1825)
- Matija Špoljarić, Cypriot association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.