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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

MatiasIn Hebrew: מתיאס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Matias (Hebrew: מתיאס) is a boy's name of international origin. 137 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1985, with 9 babies.

People in Israel
137
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1985
9 babies
USA, 2025
2,140
rank #170

Writing and saying Matias

In Hebrew letters the name is מתיאס, read right to left. Matias is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Matias by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Matias: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Matias in English-speaking countries

Matias in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,140#1702024 (2,265)
United Kingdom202594#4672022 (95)
England and Wales202591#4322022 (95)
Scotland20253#7622015 (4)
Ireland202512#3192025 (12)
British Columbia202316#2182023 (16)
Alberta202513#3552012 (14)
Quebec202510#4282017 (36)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Matias has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Matias

How do you write Matias in Hebrew?

Matias is written מתיאס in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Matias?

137 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מתיאס: 0 women and 137 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Matias a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מתיאס are men.

Is Matias used outside Israel?

The name Matias appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,140 boys were given it in 2025 (#170), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 94 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.