Matthias

#372 for boys in 2025, 854 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 854 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,676
since 1880

Matthias over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017boysat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#372854
2024#472654
2023#483628
2022#462664
2021#449681
2020#426695
2019#407763
2018#406788
2017#459660
2016#496611
2015#555517
2014#572487
2013#606417
2012#682347
2011#768292
2010#818262
2009#762298
2008#761292
2007#815262
2006#801255
2005#886205
2004#805223
2003#983161
2002#1,115130
2001#1,151120
2000#1,220110
1999#1,26997
1998#1,177105
1997#1,34583
1996#1,33481
1995#1,23289
1994#1,32278
1993#1,34072
1992#1,23783
1991#1,35969
1990#1,35368
1989#1,34966
1988#1,28664
1987#1,25960
1986#1,21762
1985#1,42947
1984#1,55639
1983#1,42944
1982#1,48742
1981#1,29451
1980#1,29152
1979#1,67034
1978#1,65233
1977#1,94825
1976#1,71130
1975#1,94824
1974#1,54632
1973#2,03620
1972#2,15818
1971#1,78425
1970#2,21317
1969#2,13016
1968#1,83619
1967#1,75820
1966#1,72320
1965#1,98716
1964#1,85019
1963#1,90218
1962#1,96217
1961#1,73122
1960#2,42312
1959#2,66310
1958#3,2757
1957#2,63110
1956#2,09115
1955#3,2017
1954#2,9428
1953#3,4256
1952#3,7345
1951#3,0667
1950#3,6815
1949#3,2986
1948#3,0107
1947
1946#2,9197
1945#2,5748
1944#2,4679
1943#2,5639
1942#2,5239
1941#2,8727
1940#2,8717
1939#3,1136
1938#2,18511
1937#2,19711
1936
1935#3,2526
1934#3,6795
1933#2,21411
1932
1931#3,3906
1930#3,0228
1929#2,7669
1928#3,3577
1927#2,19314
1926#2,72510
1925#3,1558
1924#2,34713
1923#1,87418
1922#2,14315
1921#2,80410
1920#2,23114
1919#2,15214
1918#1,71020
1917#1,39625
1916#1,69818
1915#1,70717
1914#1,38819
1913#1,9459
1912#1,41712
1911
1910#1,1938
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#7008
1884
1883#8925
1882#9435
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Matthias was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Matthias
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 100 spots since 2024 (#472#372)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#426#372)
  • 183 spots since 2015 (#555#372)
  • Biggest jump: 178 spots in 2004 (#983#805)
  • Biggest drop: 81 spots in 2005 (#805#886)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #372 (854 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,000
  • Highest: 1 in 2,000 boys born in 2025 were named Matthias (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 37.6% of all boys named Matthias (5,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#700 (1885)#861
1890s15#994 (1890)#1,041
1900s0
1910s142#1,193 (1910)#1,623
1920s118#1,874 (1923)#2,560
1930s64#2,185 (1938)#2,882
1940s69#2,467 (1944)#2,789
1950s80#2,091 (1956)#3,071
1960s179#1,723 (1966)#1,930
1970s258#1,546 (1974)#1,867
1980s527#1,217 (1986)#1,360
1990s825#1,177 (1998)#1,297
2000s2,056#761 (2008)#930
2010s5,144#406 (2018)#577
2020s4,176#372 (2025)#444

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.

Matthias in 2017

boys
#459
660 births · 1 in 2,804 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #459Matthias660
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 2,804 of them was named Matthias, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Matthias
  1. #456Mohamed663
  2. #456Rocco663
  3. #458Francis662
  4. #459Matthias660
  5. #459Bowen660
  6. #459Mathias660
  7. #459Ronald660
  8. #463Skyler656
  9. #464Maximilian652
  10. #465Milan651

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017