boys:
12.2k births since 1880
#1044 (77th percentile)
overall:
12.2k births since 1880
#2385 (69th percentile)
The name Matthias is the #2,385 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,151 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 69.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,044 (77.2% percentile) for all time with 12,151 births since 1880.
Matthias has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Matthias is available in 117 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Matthias reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 58.2% percentile (ranked #384) with 397 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 405 births per million (ranked 58.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1985, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Matthias ranks #436 for boys (52.2% percentile) with 340 births per million, which is 83.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Matthias".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Matthias", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Matias" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Matias..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Matthias. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.2% confident that Matthias is pronounced as muh-THAI-uhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-TEE-uhs, at 26.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AH0 TH AY1 AH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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