Matthias is a distinctive choice, ranked #453 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Matthias in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#453
US Rank #471
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
It ranks similarly in the US at #471, suggesting broad transatlantic appeal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Matthias
Unlikely. With around 89 UK babies named Matthias per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Matthias in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Matthias is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 71 places over the last five years to #453 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 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..
Matthias appears in the US top 500 at #471 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
89
UK babies named Matthias (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 71 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
Likely around 1 other Matthias in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Matthias Reim is a German pop and Schlager singer. His 1990 single "Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you") was a hit in several European countries and spent 16 consecutive weeks at the number 1 spot in the German charts.
Matthias Erzberger was a German Centre Party politician who served as the minister of finance of Germany from 1919 to 1920. Erzberger was first elected to the Reichstag of the German Empire in 1903.
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. Only ten paintings—including several polyptychs—and thirty-five drawings survive, all religious, although many others were lost at sea on their way to Sweden as war booty.
Matthias (; Koine Greek: Μαθθίας, Matthías [maθˈθi.as], from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattiṯyāhū; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ; died c. AD 80) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by God through the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter's betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
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. He is often given the epithet "the Just".