Marius
Boy · MA-ree-us · Latin
Marius is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “probably of Mars, or male”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Marius mean?
Latin: Roman family name
“probably of Mars, or male”
Roman family name; Gaius Marius was a general who served as consul seven times.
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Is Marius a girl's or a boy's name?
Marius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marius in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Marius, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 45 boys.
Half of all the boys named Marius in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Marius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 45 | #782 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 37 | #919 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Marius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Marius, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Marius in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,212 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 74 | #1,932 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,850 |
| 2004 | 80 | #1,615 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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