Mattias
Meaning and origin
From Latin Matthias. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1247.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Mattias (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mattias has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 333 |
| 1999 | 323 |
| 2000 | 288 |
| 2001 | 222 |
| 2002 | 196 |
| 2003 | 178 |
| 2004 | 173 |
| 2005 | 118 |
| 2006 | 129 |
| 2007 | 111 |
| 2008 | 99 |
| 2009 | 79 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2011 | 53 |
| 2012 | 57 |
| 2013 | 66 |
| 2014 | 50 |
| 2015 | 37 |
| 2016 | 45 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 42 |
| 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 39 |
| 2021 | 49 |
| 2022 | 36 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 25,824 |
| 2000 | 26,581 |
| 2001 | 27,201 |
| 2002 | 27,790 |
| 2003 | 28,511 |
| 2004 | 29,058 |
| 2005 | 29,163 |
| 2006 | 29,435 |
| 2007 | 29,554 |
| 2008 | 29,823 |
| 2009 | 29,886 |
| 2010 | 29,906 |
| 2011 | 29,936 |
| 2012 | 29,944 |
| 2013 | 29,984 |
| 2014 | 30,047 |
| 2015 | 30,064 |
| 2016 | 30,107 |
| 2017 | 30,137 |
| 2018 | 30,146 |
| 2019 | 30,199 |
| 2020 | 30,240 |
Mattias in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mattias.Hi! My name is Mattias.
- Mattias har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mattias has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Mattias mamma är lärare.Mattias's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mattias mamma is Mattias's mum. Because Mattias already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Mattias
How do you pronounce Mattias in Swedish?
In IPA, Mattias is /maˈtiːas/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Mattias mean?
From Latin Matthias. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1247.
How popular is Mattias in Sweden?
36 babies were named Mattias in 2022. In 2020, 30,240 people in Sweden had Mattias as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.