How rare is the name Mathias?

9,628 people in the United States have the first name Mathias, about 1 in 31,370. It ranks #2,524 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MATHIAS

#2,524

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,628
About
1 in 31,370
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,628 people named Mathias, 40.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 40.3% as White and 9.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mathias peaked in 2025, when 1,087 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,087
In 2025*
1,087
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,544 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mathias by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #742. The largest share of babies named Mathias, 60.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,053139
1890s#1,63097
1900s#2,44662
1910s#2,126291
1920s#2,613310
1930s#3,125197
1940s#4,186139
1950s#4,702148
1960s#4,941161
1970s#3,993311
1980s#3,575469
1990s#3,390701
2000s#1,9612,147
2010s#1,1165,176
2020s#7425,196
Before 19011.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.9%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–965.6%
Generation Z 1997–1221.9%
2013 and later60.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mathias is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mathias has been most common in Florida (3.2×), New Mexico (2.5×), and Nevada (2.4×), and least common in Alabama (0.15×).

11,821 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Mathias

1 other first name also has 9,628 people.

#2,524 Maranda · 9,628

Either side of Mathias

#2,523 Jung · 9,636#2,524 Maranda · 9,628#2,526 Luka · 9,618#2,527 Lolita · 9,616

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mathias, most common first.

#1,910 Matias · 14,809#2,616 Matthias · 9,103#6,581 Matheus · 2,421#8,114 Mattias · 1,802#9,663 Mathis · 1,425#18,362 Mathews · 588#24,941 Mattis · 383#31,632 Matyas · 270

Also a last name

As a last name, Mathias ranks #4,060 of 156,621, with 8,481 people. See Mathias as a last name

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