Mario
Boy · MA-ree-oh · Latin
Mario is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “probably of Mars, or male”. In 2025 it ranked 870th for boys in the UK (40 babies) and 438th for boys in the US (721 babies).
What does Mario mean?
Latin: Italian form of Marius
“probably of Mars, or male”
Italian form of the Roman name Marius; in Italy it is also treated as a male form of Maria.
- Say it
- MA-ree-oh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mario a girl's or a boy's name?
Mario is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the UK and 721 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mario in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #870among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 7,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were named Mario, making it the 870th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 528th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 101 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mario than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Mario in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 856th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Mario in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #870 |
| 2024 | 60 | #678 |
| 2023 | 56 | #696 |
| 2022 | 67 | #616 |
| 2021 | 74 | #585 |
| 2020 | 80 | #528 |
| 2019 | 101 | #454 |
| 2018 | 92 | #487 |
| 2017 | 98 | #469 |
| 2016 | 91 | #497 |
| 2015 | 84 | #516 |
| 2014 | 61 | #639 |
| 2013 | 67 | #591 |
| 2012 | 71 | #568 |
| 2011 | 62 | #617 |
| 2010 | 53 | #670 |
| 2009 | 57 | #629 |
| 2008 | 60 | #602 |
| 2007 | 47 | #676 |
| 2006 | 48 | #652 |
| 2005 | 49 | #605 |
| 2004 | 46 | #607 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 24 | #796 |
| 2000 | 31 | #654 |
| 1999 | 29 | #667 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Mario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #438among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 721about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 721 boys in the US were named Mario, making it the 438th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 329th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 2,936 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
2025 had fewer boys named Mario than any year since 1949.
Half of all the boys named Mario in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mario in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 721 | #438 |
| 2024 | 810 | #398 |
| 2023 | 791 | #404 |
| 2022 | 902 | #365 |
| 2021 | 937 | #348 |
| 2020 | 999 | #329 |
| 2019 | 1,030 | #323 |
| 2018 | 1,022 | #326 |
| 2017 | 1,139 | #307 |
| 2016 | 1,156 | #307 |
| 2015 | 1,294 | #285 |
| 2014 | 1,368 | #268 |
| 2013 | 1,428 | #255 |
| 2012 | 1,445 | #254 |
| 2011 | 1,598 | #224 |
| 2010 | 1,708 | #208 |
| 2009 | 1,938 | #198 |
| 2008 | 2,167 | #184 |
| 2007 | 2,291 | #180 |
| 2006 | 2,295 | #178 |
| 2005 | 2,304 | #179 |
| 2004 | 2,262 | #178 |
| 2003 | 2,358 | #168 |
| 2002 | 2,265 | #170 |
| 2001 | 2,217 | #170 |
| 2000 | 2,333 | #167 |
| 1999 | 2,288 | #163 |
| 1998 | 2,261 | #151 |
| 1997 | 2,295 | #152 |
| 1996 | 2,377 | #147 |
| 1995 | 2,391 | #149 |
| 1994 | 2,466 | #142 |
| 1993 | 2,470 | #138 |
| 1992 | 2,627 | #128 |
| 1991 | 2,575 | #127 |
| 1990 | 2,823 | #119 |
| 1989 | 2,843 | #116 |
| 1988 | 2,893 | #106 |
| 1987 | 2,738 | #108 |
| 1986 | 2,476 | #112 |
| 1985 | 2,416 | #117 |
| 1984 | 2,348 | #116 |
| 1983 | 2,373 | #115 |
| 1982 | 2,660 | #109 |
| 1981 | 2,713 | #109 |
| 1980 | 2,936 | #102 |
| 1979 | 2,702 | #103 |
| 1978 | 2,230 | #114 |
| 1977 | 2,121 | #129 |
| 1976 | 2,028 | #130 |
| 1975 | 2,059 | #125 |
| 1974 | 2,062 | #128 |
| 1973 | 2,018 | #129 |
| 1972 | 1,927 | #137 |
| 1971 | 1,904 | #154 |
| 1970 | 1,898 | #159 |
| 1969 | 1,630 | #170 |
| 1968 | 1,357 | #186 |
| 1967 | 1,310 | #187 |
| 1966 | 1,290 | #190 |
| 1965 | 1,289 | #197 |
| 1964 | 1,359 | #204 |
| 1963 | 1,321 | #213 |
| 1962 | 1,312 | #211 |
| 1961 | 1,297 | #216 |
| 1960 | 1,326 | #210 |
| 1959 | 1,205 | #227 |
| 1958 | 1,190 | #219 |
| 1957 | 1,152 | #224 |
| 1956 | 1,208 | #214 |
| 1955 | 1,075 | #219 |
| 1954 | 1,073 | #213 |
| 1953 | 996 | #215 |
| 1952 | 971 | #211 |
| 1951 | 863 | #224 |
| 1950 | 746 | #246 |
| 1949 | 606 | #268 |
| 1948 | 622 | #261 |
| 1947 | 500 | #308 |
| 1946 | 383 | #330 |
| 1945 | 345 | #320 |
| 1944 | 340 | #327 |
| 1943 | 331 | #337 |
| 1942 | 303 | #346 |
| 1941 | 270 | #357 |
| 1940 | 294 | #334 |
| 1939 | 238 | #368 |
| 1938 | 297 | #320 |
| 1937 | 271 | #330 |
| 1936 | 294 | #311 |
| 1935 | 304 | #312 |
| 1934 | 306 | #310 |
| 1933 | 318 | #297 |
| 1932 | 344 | #297 |
| 1931 | 393 | #279 |
| 1930 | 449 | #265 |
| 1929 | 443 | #265 |
| 1928 | 477 | #259 |
| 1927 | 492 | #258 |
| 1926 | 518 | #248 |
| 1925 | 501 | #253 |
| 1924 | 483 | #260 |
| 1923 | 504 | #251 |
| 1922 | 451 | #266 |
| 1921 | 502 | #250 |
| 1920 | 408 | #275 |
| 1919 | 353 | #287 |
| 1918 | 351 | #291 |
| 1917 | 359 | #267 |
| 1916 | 379 | #253 |
| 1915 | 354 | #255 |
| 1914 | 289 | #252 |
| 1913 | 166 | #312 |
| 1912 | 152 | #289 |
| 1911 | 56 | #372 |
| 1910 | 47 | #376 |
| 1909 | 27 | #496 |
| 1908 | 28 | #463 |
| 1907 | 20 | #540 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
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