Matthias
2025 SSA
About Matthias
With Matthew sounding somewhat exhausted, and ancient endings sounding new again, this New Testament apostolic name makes an appealing and recommended choice. Both Mathias and Matias are well used in the Hispanic community, and throughout Europe. Will Ferrell and his Swedish wife chose Matias for their second son.
In the Bible, Matthias is the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. The Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches honor Matthias as a saint.
The Mathias spelling is used by George Eliot for the father of the protagonist of her novel Adam Bede.
Matthias is popular abroad, and especially in Austria, France, The Netherlands, Iceland and Belgium, where it is normally pronounced Muh-TEE-us, though Americans are more likely to say Mah-THY-us.
Pronounced muh-THY-us.
As of October 2026, Matthias ranked #372 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #648.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #573 | 487 | 253.5 |
| 2015 | #556 | 517 | 269.7 |
| 2016 | #496 | 611 | 322 |
| 2017 | #461 | 660 | 356.6 |
| 2018 | #405 | 788 | 433.9 |
| 2019 | #407 | 762 | 424.7 |
| 2020 | #428 | 694 | 402.1 |
| 2021 | #450 | 680 | 388.7 |
| 2022 | #464 | 663 | 379.7 |
| 2023 | #482 | 628 | 367.1 |
| 2024 | #471 | 653 | 379 |
| 2025 | #372 | 854 | 500 |
World rankings
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Matthias on lists
Famous Matthiass
- Saint Matthias
Biblical apostle chosen to replace Judas
- Matthias Corvinus
King of Hungary and Croatia
- Matthias Jakob Schleiden
German botanist; founder of cell theory
- Matthias Loy (1828
1915), hymnist
- Matthias Schoenaerts
Belgian actor
- Matthias Sammer
German footballer and coach
- Matthias Steiner
German,American weightlifter
- Matthias Jabs
German guitarist of band Scorpions
- Matthias Grünewald
German painter
- Matthias Kobbing
German footballer
Matthias in pop culture
- Matthias Tunstall
dog in the Provost's Dog series by Tamora Pierce
- Matthias
mouse main character in "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
- Matthias Helvar
character in Leigh Bardugo's "Six of Crows"
- Matthias Fredrick
from Team Edge (YouTube)
- Matthias Schoenaerts
Belgian Flemish actor, film producer, and graffiti artist
- Matthias
character in Rebecca Stead's novel, First Light