Matias — #158 US boys' name
23,244 babies named Matias in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Matias was born in this single decade.
2,263 babies were named Matias in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matias
The Social Security Administration has registered 23,244 babies named Matias between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matias currently holds the #158 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,263 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matias performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 9,880 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Matias shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,066 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Matias in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matias in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 23,244 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Matias at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Matias popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (2024)
- 2,263
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #158 among boys.
23,244 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 2,263 births in a single year.
Matias popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Matias as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Matias accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Matias by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 9,880 births that decade — 43% of Matias's all-time total
Matias decade highlights
- Peak decade 9,880 births
- Runner-up 9,057 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Matias's strongest decade
9,880 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Matias by state
Where Matias concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,066 | 21.8% |
| #2 | California | | 4,784 | 20.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,312 | 9.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,284 | 5.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 730 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 649 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 524 | 2.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 483 | 2.1% |
5,066 of 23,244 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 21.8% of nationwide
- California 20.6% of nationwide
- Florida 9.9% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 21.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Matias appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.