Mattathias

#13,235 in 2025Boys' name

Gift of + the LORD, God, through Mattathiās

Mattathias has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2024. In 2025 it ranked #13,235 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Mattathias, 2025

1 in 663,000

Mattathias over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mattathias: meaning, origin, and history

Gift of + the LORD, God, through Mattathiās

Hebrew

What Mattathias means

Mattathias belongs to the name family reached through Mattathias → Mattathiās → מַתִּתְיָהוּ. Its meaning is “gift of + the LORD, God”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the Latin Mattathiās, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς (Măttăthĭ́ās), from the Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew.

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Origin, language, and formation

Mattathias is used in English and Latin. Its origins include Hebrew.

Mattathias comes through Latin Mattathiās, Ancient Greek Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς and Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Matthew, Mattathiās and מַתִּתְיָהוּ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Mattathias is pronounced /ˌmætəˈθaɪ.əs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Mattathias between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #13,235 in 2025.

How common is Mattathias?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #13,235; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mattathias sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mattathias. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mattathiass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mattathias was born before 2024 — so the typical Mattathias is around 1 today.

Median birth year: 2024; About 1 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Mattathias rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +291; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2024 (5)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #13,235; 2025

Spellings of Mattathias

Mattathias is not the most common spelling — Matthias is, with 99.9% against Mattathias's 0.07%.

Matthias99.9%13,676
Mattathias0.07%10

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Mattathias by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #13,235
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #13,235; 2025
Peak year: 2024; 5 that year
First recorded: 2024
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Mattathias

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Mattathias

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Leonor Sydnie Karleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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