# Matthias (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matthias/  
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 |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /məˈθaɪəs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Matt |
| Variant spellings | Mattheas |
| US babies named this | 13,676 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,676 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,214, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Matthias.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 292 | 772 |
| 2012 | 347 | 682 |
| 2013 | 417 | 607 |
| 2014 | 487 | 573 |
| 2015 | 517 | 556 |
| 2016 | 611 | 496 |
| 2017 | 660 | 461 |
| 2018 | 788 | 406 |
| 2019 | 763 | 407 |
| 2020 | 695 | 426 |
| 2021 | 681 | 450 |
| 2022 | 664 | 464 |
| 2023 | 628 | 483 |
| 2024 | 654 | 472 |
| 2025 | 854 | 372 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 29 | 977 |
| 2013 | 39 | 788 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 52 | 673 |
| 2018 | 70 | 544 |
| 2019 | 83 | 481 |
| 2020 | 72 | 524 |
| 2021 | 105 | 407 |
| 2022 | 115 | 366 |
| 2023 | 101 | 393 |
| 2024 | 89 | 453 |
| 2025 | 72 | 539 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Macià
- Danish: Mathias, Matthias
- Estonian: Madis
- Finnish: Matias
- French: Matthias
- German: Matthias, Mathias
- Hungarian: Mátyás
- Italian: Mattia, Matia
- Norwegian: Mathias
- Polish: Maciej
- Portuguese: Matias
- Romanian: Matia
- Russian: Матве́й, Ма́тиа́с
- Spanish: Matías
- Swedish: Mattias, Mathias

## People named Matthias

- Matthias Jacob Schleiden, German botanist and philosopher (1804-1881)
- Matthias Ginter, German association football player (born 1994)
- Matthias Sammer, German association football player, coach and executive (born 1967)
- Matthias Sindelar, Austrian association football player (1903-1939)
- Matthias Alexander Castrén, Finnish ethnologist and philologist (1813–1852)
- Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor
- Matthias Schweighöfer, German actor
- Matthias Jabs, German guitarist
- Matthias Jaissle, German association football player and manager
- Matthias Habich, German actor
- Matthias Herget, German association football player
- Matthias Steiner, Austrian-German Weightlifter

## 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.