Matthias

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Matthias: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Matthias: Recorded since 1958, it reached #232 in 1964, and it stood at #409 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#232highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#1052
1998	#1000
1999	#1281
2000	#1096
2001	#1379
2002	#1253
2003	#865
2004	#906
2005	#1190
2006	#1168
2007	#1014
2008	#1953
2009	#1099
2010	#1289
2011	#1342
2012	#977
2013	#788
2014	#695
2015	#927
2016	#698
2017	#673
2018	#544
2019	#481
2020	#524
2021	#407
2022	#366
2023	#393
2024	#453

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 45 of the 68 years from 1958 to 2025.

In 2025: #409 among boys in Norway, #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1958–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1958
First recorded at #469 among boys in Norway in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #409 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Matthias appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1958, and has registered 277 births with the name.

Matthias across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Matthias's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#469 (1958)	#367 (1980)	#409 (2025)	45 of 68	277 (1958–2025)	12 (1980)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#232 (1964)	#468 (2025)	15 of 62	70 (1964–2025)	7 (2018)
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#366 (2022)	#453 (2024)	29 of 29	1,142 (1996–2024)	115 (2022)

Matthias by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Matthias in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	42	7 of 10	6
1970s	58	9 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	66	10 of 10	7
1990s	37	6 of 10	6
2000s	20	3 of 10	7
2010s	39	7 of 10	6
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Matthias appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1958 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #232 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Matthias's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#453	89	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#393	101	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#366	115	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#407	105	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#524	72	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#481	83	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#544	70	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#673	52	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#698	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#695	47	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#865	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#409	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#520	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#468	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#401	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#531	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#516	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#380	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#385	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#446	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#535	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#422	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#446	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#588	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#473	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#506	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#507	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#367	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#397	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#617	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#609	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#434	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#604	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#423	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#464	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#529	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#413	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#489	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#439	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#442	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#469	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1958 and 2025, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #232, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 115 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 64 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Matteo · #68, 38y
Matthew · #1, 69y
Matthieu · #698, 21y
Mattia · #582, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Genevieve · #235, 61y
Sami · #239, 58y
Iman · #220, 55y
Jamal · #220, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Julius · #231, 55y
Torben · #231, 60y
Mirjam · #230, 46y
Tatjana · #230, 47y

Matthias was ranked #232 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Matthias and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Matthias without appearing here.

Matthias moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #2501.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1190 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1168 and #2538.
Glenn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1953 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1099 and #2318.
Conan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1342 and #1342 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #977 and #1962.

Moved ahead of Matthias

Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #906 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1190 and #615.
Benjamin Compare
In 1971 they stood at #423 and #435 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #604 and #322.
Ryan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #421 and #507 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #531 and #249.
Nathan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #385 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 2011 that had become #509 and #267.

Moved the opposite way to Matthias

Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Isaac Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 while Isaac went from #232 to #104.
Leo Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 while Leo went from #101 to #10.
Oliver Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 while Oliver went from #68 to #18.

Moved the same way as Matthias

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 and Andrew from #34 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matthias went from #232 to #468 and Anthony from #12 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1958 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #232 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Matthias

Matthias at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matthias across 3 official records

Matthias by decade in Norway · Boys

Matthias appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Matthias

Matthias and the names beside it

Matthias moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Matthias

Moved the opposite way to Matthias

Moved the same way as Matthias

Matthias at a glance

Matthias across 3 official records

Matthias by decade in Norway · Boys

Matthias appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Matthias

Matthias and the names beside it

Matthias moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Matthias

Moved the opposite way to Matthias

Moved the same way as Matthias