Mathias

“Variant of Matthias — Gift of the Lord” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #312 in the US (2025) · Trending

Mathias is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #312 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 16,000 boys have been named Mathias along the way. Together with its spelling variant Matthias (#372), Mathias would rank around #188 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 56/44 between Mathias and Matthias.

Around the world: #41 in Norway (2025) · #81 in Czechia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mathiases

Mathias Rust — German amateur aviator and activist
Mathias Jørgensen — Danish association football player (born 1990)
Mathias Jensen — Danish association football player (born 1996)
Mathias Énard — French writer, translator, and university teacher (born 1972)
Mathías Olivera — Uruguayan association football player

In stories & tradition

Mathias Sandorf — Mathias Sandorf

What Mathiases become

Among 2,250 notable people named Mathias:

Medical professionals appear 2.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mathias Bähr, German neuropathologist.

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