Mattias

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

Boy's name · #1233 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Mattias is near its high-water mark: it reached #1115 in 2021 and still ranked #1233 in 2025. About 2,700 boys have carried it since 1975. Mattias is the less common spelling of Matias — about 7% of babies given the name are written this way; Matias itself ranked #170 in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,000 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 6,600 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,200 boys in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mattiases

Mattias Svanberg — Swedish association football player
Mattias Jonson — Swedish footballer
Mattias Ekström — Swedish racecar driver
Mattias Johansson — Swedish association football player, born 1992
Mattias Asper — Swedish footballer

In stories & tradition

Mattias Meiden — The Legend of the Ice People

What Mattiases become

Among 378 notable people named Mattias:

Sports figures appear 1.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mattias Svanberg, Swedish association football player.

Similar names: Matthias · Jesiah · Mavrick · Ezrah · Malikai · Elyas

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