Given name & surname

Mattia

Mattia is a unisex given name. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mattia shares an earlier linguistic root with Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mattia through the years

Babies since 1880
492
356 boys · 136 girls
Most popular year
2024
29 babies
2025
24
#4,335 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+33%
Rising
Boys Girls
05101520198020002025Highest share 2024Boys 14Girls 0.0
Mattia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1976–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inFlorida
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Florida (8).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,335 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 769 as a first name in 2020; 1,583 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Mattia’s family of names

Mattia shares a linguistic root with Matthew. In Italian usage, Mattia has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Mateo. In Italian usage, Mattia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew.

Walk Mattia’s family in the name graph

MattiaMatthewMateoMatteoMathewMatiasMathiasMathieuMattiasMateusMathisMattisMatveyMatthieuMateuszMattiMatejMaciejMateMadisMatteusMatijaMatthijsMathijsMateu

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Mattia has relatives in 5 languages.

SpanishEnglish

6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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