Mattias

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

Boy's name · #1233 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Mattias is near its high-water mark: it reached #1115 in 2021 and still ranked #1233 in 2025. About 2,700 boys have carried it since 1975.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Mattias ranks in other countries and regions.

#310 in Sweden (2025) · #769 in Netherlands (2025) · #773 in Ecuador (2025) · #977 in Ireland (2025) · #1,231 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,442 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,619 in Austria (2025) · #2,785 in France (2025) · #1,058 in Canada (2024).

Famous Mattiases

Mattias Svanberg — Swedish association football player
Mattias Jonson — Swedish footballer
Mattias Ekström — Swedish racecar driver
Mattias Johansson — Swedish association football player, born 1992
Mattias Asper — Swedish footballer

In stories & tradition

Mattias Meiden^no — The Legend of the Ice People (book series)

What Mattiases become

Among 378 notable people named Mattias:

Sports figures appear 1.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mattias Svanberg, Swedish association football player.

Spellings & nicknames

Mattias is the less common spelling of Matias — about 7% of babies given the name are written this way; Matias itself ranked #170 in 2025.

Similar names: Matthias · Jesiah · Magnus · Ezrah · Elyas · Malikai

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