Matthias

What Matthias means

From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”

Derived from Latin Matthias, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), a younger form of Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattīṯyāhū, “gift of Yahweh”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Matthias” (revision 93672457), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Matthias?

US: Rising: up from #555 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #927 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 854 boys got the name (#372 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,000 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,777 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,455 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 AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys), HI (2.4 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.85 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Matthias is #372 in the US and #539 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 Matthias were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mathias1,087 US · 76 E&W
• Mathius15 US
• Mythias5 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 Matthias

Boys

• Eden#544possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Ari#393“lion”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Lena#279“the Large River”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Matthias’s. Rank is US 2025.