Mauricio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mow-REE-see-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #663 for boys
Mauricio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Moorish, dark-skinned”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 663rd for boys in the US (413 babies).
What does Mauricio mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Maurice
“Moorish, dark-skinned”
From Latin Mauritius; Saint Maurice was a Roman soldier martyred, by tradition, at Agaunum in present-day Switzerland.
Is Mauricio a girl's or a boy's name?
Mauricio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 413 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mauricio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mauricio, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mauricio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mauricio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Mauricio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #663among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 413about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 413 boys in the US were named Mauricio, making it the 663rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 631st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 829 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Mauricio in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mauricio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 413 | #663 |
| 2024 | 442 | #631 |
| 2023 | 407 | #669 |
| 2022 | 428 | #645 |
| 2021 | 369 | #711 |
| 2020 | 425 | #631 |
| 2019 | 465 | #595 |
| 2018 | 455 | #600 |
| 2017 | 486 | #561 |
| 2016 | 502 | #564 |
| 2015 | 510 | #561 |
| 2014 | 483 | #575 |
| 2013 | 509 | #523 |
| 2012 | 576 | #474 |
| 2011 | 610 | #444 |
| 2010 | 634 | #432 |
| 2009 | 784 | #386 |
| 2008 | 829 | #371 |
| 2007 | 793 | #383 |
| 2006 | 809 | #371 |
| 2005 | 807 | #367 |
| 2004 | 755 | #367 |
| 2003 | 684 | #384 |
| 2002 | 776 | #352 |
| 2001 | 755 | #354 |
| 2000 | 605 | #412 |
| 1999 | 486 | #467 |
| 1998 | 471 | #471 |
| 1997 | 428 | #493 |
| 1996 | 432 | #488 |
| 1995 | 455 | #474 |
| 1994 | 380 | #519 |
| 1993 | 368 | #535 |
| 1992 | 410 | #494 |
| 1991 | 327 | #561 |
| 1990 | 335 | #546 |
| 1989 | 300 | #557 |
| 1988 | 256 | #575 |
| 1987 | 219 | #612 |
| 1986 | 204 | #625 |
| 1985 | 216 | #595 |
| 1984 | 171 | #660 |
| 1983 | 169 | #658 |
| 1982 | 180 | #642 |
| 1981 | 189 | #621 |
| 1980 | 168 | #665 |
| 1979 | 164 | #667 |
| 1978 | 137 | #717 |
| 1977 | 149 | #695 |
| 1976 | 144 | #693 |
| 1975 | 158 | #653 |
| 1974 | 155 | #647 |
| 1973 | 99 | #796 |
| 1972 | 138 | #683 |
| 1971 | 131 | #721 |
| 1970 | 106 | #795 |
| 1969 | 127 | #701 |
| 1968 | 76 | #834 |
| 1967 | 78 | #816 |
| 1966 | 62 | #926 |
| 1965 | 59 | #957 |
| 1964 | 72 | #895 |
| 1963 | 59 | #983 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Nicknames for Mauricio
- Mau
Names like Mauricio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leonardo Lorenzo Marco Maximilian Romeo Sebastian Mario Mason Santiago Antonio Lucas Roman
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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, “Mauricio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mauricio, updated 20 October 2026.