Mathias
#312 for boys in 2025, 1,087 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,087 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,544since 1880
Mathias over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mathias has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #312 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | #337 | 1,032 |
| 2023 | #370 | 877 |
| 2022 | #396 | 805 |
| 2021 | #441 | 701 |
| 2020 | #428 | 694 |
| 2019 | #419 | 742 |
| 2018 | #400 | 796 |
| 2017 | #459 | 660 |
| 2016 | #501 | 599 |
| 2015 | #562 | 509 |
| 2014 | #586 | 474 |
| 2013 | #627 | 392 |
| 2012 | #668 | 353 |
| 2011 | #691 | 336 |
| 2010 | #728 | 315 |
| 2009 | #787 | 288 |
| 2008 | #751 | 299 |
| 2007 | #775 | 281 |
| 2006 | #744 | 285 |
| 2005 | #811 | 233 |
| 2004 | #741 | 252 |
| 2003 | #952 | 172 |
| 2002 | #1,087 | 137 |
| 2001 | #1,221 | 109 |
| 2000 | #1,382 | 91 |
| 1999 | #1,329 | 90 |
| 1998 | #1,383 | 84 |
| 1997 | #1,413 | 77 |
| 1996 | #1,321 | 82 |
| 1995 | #1,456 | 67 |
| 1994 | #1,471 | 65 |
| 1993 | #1,601 | 56 |
| 1992 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #1,336 | 71 |
| 1990 | #1,547 | 54 |
| 1989 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #1,178 | 73 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,565 | 42 |
| 1985 | #1,429 | 47 |
| 1984 | #1,531 | 40 |
| 1983 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,475 | 42 |
| 1979 | #1,435 | 42 |
| 1978 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #1,700 | 22 |
| 1963 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,359 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #943 | 50 |
| 1917 | #1,062 | 39 |
| 1916 | #984 | 42 |
| 1915 | #1,037 | 38 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #556 | 14 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #405 | 20 |
| 1889 | #482 | 15 |
| 1888 | #416 | 20 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | #521 | 13 |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #412 | 18 |
| 1882 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mathias was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mathias is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New Mexico#315 · 1 in 1,514
- Connecticut#457 · 1 in 3,059
- Florida#503 · 1 in 3,286
- Minnesota#531 · 1 in 3,651
- Washington#534 · 1 in 3,360
Best ever in a state: #121 in New Mexico, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #315 | 7 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Connecticut | #457 | 5 | 1 in 3,059 |
| Florida | #503 | 29 | 1 in 3,286 |
| Minnesota | #531 | 8 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Washington | #534 | 11 | 1 in 3,360 |
| Colorado | #560 | 8 | 1 in 3,593 |
| Indiana | #589 | 9 | 1 in 4,154 |
| New York | #595 | 25 | 1 in 4,308 |
| California | #613 | 47 | 1 in 5,152 |
| Wisconsin | #643 | 6 | 1 in 4,783 |
| Utah | #670 | 5 | 1 in 4,597 |
| New Jersey | #710 | 8 | 1 in 5,577 |
| Virginia | #746 | 7 | 1 in 6,023 |
| Tennessee | #752 | 6 | 1 in 6,054 |
| Illinois | #873 | 10 | 1 in 7,255 |
| Arizona | #879 | 5 | 1 in 7,987 |
| Pennsylvania | #907 | 7 | 1 in 8,875 |
| Michigan | #920 | 6 | 1 in 8,226 |
| Ohio | #958 | 7 | 1 in 8,950 |
| North Carolina | #1,115 | 5 | 1 in 10,767 |
| Georgia | #1,124 | 6 | 1 in 9,837 |
| Texas | #1,220 | 13 | 1 in 14,343 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mathias
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 25 spots since 2024 (#337 → #312)
- 116 spots since 2020 (#428 → #312)
- 250 spots since 2015 (#562 → #312)
- Biggest jump: 1,050 spots in 1913 (#1,885 → #835)
- Biggest drop: 903 spots in 1912 (#982 → #1,885)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #312 (1,087 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,571
- Highest: 1 in 1,571 boys born in 2025 were named Mathias (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 33.4% of all boys named Mathias (5,196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #412 (1883) | #499 |
| 1890s | 97 | #405 (1890) | #703 |
| 1900s | 62 | #874 (1904) | #993 |
| 1910s | 291 | #835 (1913) | #1,143 |
| 1920s | 310 | #1,114 (1923) | #1,346 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,275 (1938) | #1,625 |
| 1940s | 139 | #1,680 (1940) | #2,067 |
| 1950s | 148 | #1,588 (1959) | #2,144 |
| 1960s | 161 | #1,659 (1963) | #2,169 |
| 1970s | 311 | #1,299 (1978) | #1,692 |
| 1980s | 469 | #1,178 (1988) | #1,470 |
| 1990s | 701 | #1,321 (1996) | #1,446 |
| 2000s | 2,147 | #741 (2004) | #925 |
| 2010s | 5,176 | #400 (2018) | #564 |
| 2020s | 5,196 | #312 (2025) | #381 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mathias in 2009
boys
#787
288 births · 1 in 6,887 boys
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 6,887 of them was named Mathias, which outranked 94.6% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Mathias
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.