Mathias

#312 for boys in 2025, 1,087 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 1,087 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,544
since 1880

Mathias over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mathias has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3121,087
2024#3371,032
2023#370877
2022#396805
2021#441701
2020#428694
2019#419742
2018#400796
2017#459660
2016#501599
2015#562509
2014#586474
2013#627392
2012#668353
2011#691336
2010#728315
2009#787288
2008#751299
2007#775281
2006#744285
2005#811233
2004#741252
2003#952172
2002#1,087137
2001#1,221109
2000#1,38291
1999#1,32990
1998#1,38384
1997#1,41377
1996#1,32182
1995#1,45667
1994#1,47165
1993#1,60156
1992#1,59855
1991#1,33671
1990#1,54754
1989#1,51654
1988#1,17873
1987#1,43950
1986#1,56542
1985#1,42947
1984#1,53140
1983#1,65135
1982#1,46443
1981#1,45643
1980#1,47542
1979#1,43542
1978#1,29948
1977#1,57135
1976#1,50236
1975#1,50535
1974#1,61830
1973#1,87123
1972#2,15818
1971#1,66828
1970#2,29316
1969#2,41513
1968#2,9079
1967#1,90617
1966#2,21613
1965#3,2447
1964#1,70022
1963#1,65923
1962#1,80520
1961#2,07016
1960#1,77221
1959#1,58825
1958#1,89618
1957#2,09315
1956#3,2167
1955#2,04815
1954#2,04415
1953#2,39111
1952#2,15313
1951#2,13513
1950#1,87916
1949#2,6069
1948#1,75818
1947#1,78618
1946#3,1736
1945#2,13111
1944#1,73816
1943#1,91015
1942#1,68218
1941#2,20711
1940#1,68017
1939#1,35924
1938#1,27527
1937#1,75616
1936#1,58718
1935#1,75716
1934#1,60819
1933#1,82915
1932#2,19112
1931#1,28229
1930#1,60221
1929#1,56422
1928#1,61122
1927#1,60323
1926#1,19236
1925#1,39028
1924#1,38029
1923#1,11441
1922#1,12040
1921#1,32931
1920#1,15738
1919#1,09739
1918#94350
1917#1,06239
1916#98442
1915#1,03738
1914#1,18824
1913#83533
1912#1,8858
1911#98212
1910#1,4216
1909#89311
1908#1,0218
1907#1,0947
1906#1,1116
1905#9198
1904#8748
1903#1,1305
1902
1901
1900#9029
1899#1,0515
1898
1897#7259
1896#1,1015
1895#55614
1894#7309
1893#57212
1892#68810
1891#49713
1890#40520
1889#48215
1888#41620
1887#54411
1886#57811
1885#52113
1884#52013
1883#41218
1882#48914
1881#50312
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mathias was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mathias
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#337#312)
  • 116 spots since 2020 (#428#312)
  • 250 spots since 2015 (#562#312)
  • Biggest jump: 1,050 spots in 1913 (#1,885#835)
  • Biggest drop: 903 spots in 1912 (#982#1,885)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #312 (1,087 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,571
  • Highest: 1 in 1,571 boys born in 2025 were named Mathias (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 33.4% of all boys named Mathias (5,196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#412 (1883)#499
1890s97#405 (1890)#703
1900s62#874 (1904)#993
1910s291#835 (1913)#1,143
1920s310#1,114 (1923)#1,346
1930s197#1,275 (1938)#1,625
1940s139#1,680 (1940)#2,067
1950s148#1,588 (1959)#2,144
1960s161#1,659 (1963)#2,169
1970s311#1,299 (1978)#1,692
1980s469#1,178 (1988)#1,470
1990s701#1,321 (1996)#1,446
2000s2,147#741 (2004)#925
2010s5,176#400 (2018)#564
2020s5,196#312 (2025)#381

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mathias in 1905

boys
#919
8 births · 1 in 16,538 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #919Mathias8
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 16,538 of them was named Mathias, which outranked 35.3% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mathias
  1. #836Unknown9
  2. #836Woodie9
  3. #836Zeno9
  4. #919Mathias8
  5. #919Agustin8
  6. #919Alf8
  7. #919Alfonzo8
  8. #1,002Adelbert7
  9. #1,002Alejandro7
  10. #1,002Allison7

Tied with 82 names at #919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. 590Ludwig#1,205#615
  2. 539Domenick#1,205#666
  3. 506Cloyd#1,205#699
  4. 506Conley#1,205#699
  5. 506Elgin#1,205#699
Fallers
  1. 621Urban#612#1,233
  2. 586Sammy#647#1,233
  3. 576Randall#515#1,091
  4. 553Santiago#538#1,091
  5. 547Duane#686#1,233

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1905