Matias
A Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish form of Matthias, from the Hebrew Mattityahu, gift of Yahweh. Matthias was chosen by lot to replace Judas among the apostles.
Matias in 2025
Matias was given to 2,140 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 314th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 1,549 babies born.
The history of Matias
Matias reached its highest point in 2024, when 2,270 babies were given the name, ranking 295th that year.
Across the 122 years of records since 1904, 25,392 babies have been named Matias. Half of them were born before 2019, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Alpha.
Matias by decade
| Decade | Babies named Matias | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | 3,115 |
| 1910s | 120 | 3,114 |
| 1920s | 189 | 2,513 |
| 1930s | 150 | 2,681 |
| 1940s | 195 | 2,979 |
| 1950s | 156 | 3,396 |
| 1960s | 173 | 4,116 |
| 1970s | 229 | 3,863 |
| 1980s | 342 | 3,815 |
| 1990s | 698 | 2,763 |
| 2000s | 2,043 | 1,549 |
| 2010s | 9,058 | 353 |
| 2020s | 12,029 | 295 |
Where Matias is heading
Matias has risen 222% over the past decade, from 664 babies in 2015 to 2,140 in 2025.
Names like Matias
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Matias.