Mathias

Meaning: Gift of the Lord
Origin: Variant of Matthias (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #312 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Mathias is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #312 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 16,000 boys have been named Mathias along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#24 in Ecuador (2025) · #41 in Norway (2025) · #81 in Czechia (2025) · #107 in Austria (2025) · #132 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #149 in Switzerland (2025) · #169 in Belgium (2025) · #200 in France (2025) · #249 in Mexico (2024) · #458 in Ireland (2025) · #509 in Netherlands (2025) · #510 in England & Wales (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Mathiases

Mathias Rust — German amateur aviator and activist
Mathias Jørgensen — Danish association football player (born 1990)
Mathias Jensen — Danish association football player (born 1996)
Mathias Énard — French writer, translator, and university teacher (born 1972)
Mathías Olivera — Uruguayan association football player

In stories & tradition

Mathias Sandorf — Mathias Sandorf (book)

What Mathiases become

Among 2,250 notable people named Mathias:

Medical professionals appear 2.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mathias Bähr, German neuropathologist.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Matthias (#372), Mathias would rank around #188 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 56/44 between Mathias and Matthias.

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