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Mariano

Gender
Boy
Say it
mar-ee-AH-noh
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#1,084 for boys

Mariano is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,084th for boys in the US (198 babies).

What does Mariano mean?

Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Marianus, from Marius

From the Roman name Marianus, a derivative of Marius, later linked with devotion to the Virgin Mary.

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

Mariano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 198 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mariano in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 boys.

2022Busiest: 6 in 20222024
Mariano in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20243#5,198
20233#5,193
20226#3,219

How popular is Mariano in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,084th among boys
Babies in 2025
198 about 1 in 8,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 198 boys in the US were named Mariano, making it the 1,084th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,086th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 215 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.

Half of all the boys named Mariano in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1896Busiest: 215 in 20222025
Mariano in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025198#1,084
2024182#1,151
2023202#1,072
2022215#1,030
2021175#1,148
2020182#1,086
2019155#1,226
2018150#1,234
2017149#1,232
2016134#1,329
2015163#1,152
2014178#1,082
2013170#1,090
2012180#1,057
2011208#953
2010163#1,137
2009158#1,153
2008167#1,100
2007214#925
2006179#1,025
2005182#958
2004146#1,085
2003150#1,040
2002156#997
2001167#925
2000167#919
1999180#835
1998138#992
1997125#1,014
199693#1,204
1995123#996
1994113#1,044
1993138#914
1992110#1,040
1991107#1,037
199093#1,107
1989104#999
198897#982
198793#981
198677#1,057
198575#1,065
198470#1,068
198389#936
198275#1,050
198176#1,044
198077#1,031
197988#937
197873#1,011
197779#963
197688#886
197574#953
197477#923
197372#948
197271#960
197171#965
197058#1,070
196947#1,136
196857#968
196758#948
196651#1,016
196543#1,144
196452#1,044
196362#955
196237#1,278
196168#927
196049#1,114
195949#1,100
195862#961
195744#1,164
195648#1,091
195547#1,090
195458#972
195357#949
195232#1,322
195149#1,004
195038#1,167
194942#1,084
194837#1,172
194744#1,092
194635#1,175
194539#1,015
194435#1,120
194332#1,214
194241#1,054
194124#1,372
194041#1,007
193933#1,120
193846#927
193744#942
193630#1,205
193532#1,165
193435#1,116
193338#1,051
193254#868
193154#869
193057#873
192946#995
192863#826
192752#964
192660#855
192553#924
192462#872
192357#905
192256#928
192163#877
192056#923
191953#918
191841#1,062
191741#1,017
191649#892
191537#1,054
191439#870
191325#995
191235#725
191115#855
191013#859
190913#804
19088#1,021
19079#929
19060–
19050–
19040–
19035#1,129
19020–
19016#942
19008#967
18990–
18986#1,001
18976#941
18965#1,100

Names like Mariano

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Marco, Lorenzo, Santiago, Maximo, Valentino, Pablo, Luciano, Milo, Antonio, Francesco, Santino, Leonardo

Names related to Mariano

Marwan, Marian, Marin, Marino, Marion, Marrion, Maurion, Marwin

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mariano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariano, updated 20 October 2026.