Matias

What Matias means

From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”

A variant spelling of Mathias, from Latin Matthias, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattīṯyāhū, “gift of Yahweh”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Matias” (revision 92481964), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Matias?

US: Rising: up from #458 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #873 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 2,265 boys got the name (#159 that year). First in the US records in 1904.

How common

• About 1 in 798 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,988 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (3.08 per 1,000 boys), TX (2.5 per 1,000 boys), CA (2.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Matias is #170 in the US and #432 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Matias were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mattias163 US · 19 E&W
• Mesias6 US
• Machias5 US
• Masias5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Matias

Boys

• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*
• Freya#176“mistress, lady”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Matias’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.