Mathias
Mathias was given to 1,087 boys in 2025, #312 among boys’ names; 15,544 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,100 Americans named Mathias and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mathias by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mathias mean?
Wiktionary, Norwegian Bokmål section
Mathias is “a male given name from Danish [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Matthias” Its etymology gives the sense “gift of Yahweh” (מַתִּתְיָהוּ).
Borrowed from Danish Mathias, a spelling variant of Matthias, from Latin Matthias, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattīṯyāhū, “gift of Yahweh”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Mathias, Swedish Mathias, Finnish Mathias and Greenlandic Mathias.
/¹maˈtiː.as/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Norwegian Bokmål section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mathias?
#312 among boys’ names, 2025
Mathias rose from #563 in 2015 to #312 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.27 to 0.64 per 1,000.
1,087 babies in 2025, the peak
Mathias peaked in 2025, when 1,087 boys were given it, #312 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 1,032 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,087 | #312 | 0.64 |
| 2024 | 1,032 | #337 | 0.60 |
| 2023 | 877 | #370 | 0.51 |
| 2022 | 805 | #396 | 0.46 |
| 2021 | 701 | #441 | 0.40 |
| 2020 | 694 | #429 | 0.40 |
| 2019 | 742 | #420 | 0.41 |
| 2018 | 796 | #400 | 0.44 |
| 2017 | 660 | #460 | 0.36 |
| 2016 | 599 | #502 | 0.32 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 509 | #563 | 0.27 |
| 2014 | 474 | #586 | 0.25 |
| 2013 | 392 | #628 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 353 | #669 | 0.19 |
| 2011 | 336 | #693 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 315 | #728 | 0.16 |
| 2009 | 288 | #787 | 0.15 |
| 2008 | 299 | #752 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 281 | #780 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 285 | #744 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 233 | #812 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 252 | #741 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 172 | #953 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 137 | #1,088 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,223 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,382 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,336 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,388 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,415 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,326 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,459 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 65 | #1,467 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,607 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,612 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,341 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,548 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,525 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,181 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,451 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,577 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,443 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,677 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,474 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,469 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,317 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,595 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,643 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,909 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,214 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,369 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,506 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,022 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,949 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,296 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,443 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,719 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,836 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,113 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,800 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,611 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,936 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,157 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,420 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,105 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,086 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,484 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,221 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,209 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,924 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,738 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,794 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,827 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,399 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,208 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,793 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,963 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,714 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,288 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,724 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,380 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,300 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,803 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,803 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,883 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,276 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,635 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,593 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,410 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,171 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 50 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 42 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,212 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 33 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,992 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,524 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 11 | #936 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,088 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,163 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,200 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 8 | #977 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 8 | #935 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,240 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 9 | #945 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,150 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 9 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 14 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 9 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 12 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 10 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 13 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 20 | #410 | 0.18 |
| 1889 | 15 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 20 | #425 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 11 | #571 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 11 | #592 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 13 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 13 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 18 | #426 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 14 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 12 | #521 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 12 | #549 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mathias a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mathias has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 143 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mathias: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mathias, and how old are they?
14,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 15,544 Americans ever recorded as Mathias. The median Mathias alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 9,628 people named Mathias (41 women and girls, 9,587 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,258 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 58 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 204 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 370 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 835 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,360 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 9,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mathias born?
The states with the most babies named Mathias are Texas, California and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 178 | #221 | 1.0× |
| California | 165 | #228 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 91 | #233 | 1.6× |
| New York | 58 | #317 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 47 | #266 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 32 | #359 | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 31 | #288 | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 30 | #271 | 1.0× |
| Colorado | 30 | #219 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 26 | #426 | 0.7× |
Where Mathias is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mathias is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mathias with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 61,187 babies since 1880, Mathias is the second most given (25% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,087 of their 4,359 babies (25%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mathias
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mathias and names like it
- Compare Mathias and MatiasBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMathias peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mathias since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Mathias: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Mathias.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mathias alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.