Matthias is a distinctive choice, ranked #539 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Matthias in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#539
US Rank #372
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About the Name Matthias
Matthias is steadily gaining in popularity, up 71 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #366 in 2022, and it currently sits at #453. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Matthias is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Matthias in their class.
It ranks similarly in the US at #372, suggesting broad transatlantic appeal.
⭐ Famous People Named Matthias
Matthias Maurer — Matthias Josef Maurer is a German ESA astronaut and materials scientist, who was selected in 2015 to take part in space training.
Matthias Koch — Matthias Koch is an Austrian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Hard.
Matthias Sammer — Matthias Sammer is a German football official and former player and coach.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Matthias
Unlikely. With around 72 UK babies named Matthias per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Matthias in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Matthias has been fairly steady, ranked #539 in 2025 against #524 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #366 in 2022.
Matthias is more popular in the UK (#453) than in the US (#471). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Matthias include: Matthias Maurer, Matthias Koch and Matthias Sammer. Short summaries for each appear below.
Matthias appears in the US top 500 at #471 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
72
UK babies named Matthias (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 15 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Matthias
Almost certainly the only Matthias in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Matthias
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Matthias Grünewald was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century.
Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: Hunyadi Mátyás; Romanian: Matia/Matei Corvin; Croatian: Matija/Matijaš Korvin; Slovene: Matija Korvin/Kralj Matjaž; Slovak: Matej Korvín; Czech: Matyáš Korvín; 23 February 1443 – 6 April 1490) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490, as Matthias I.