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Mauro

Gender
Boy
Say it
MOW-roh
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#1,486 for boys

Mauro is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “a Moor; dark-skinned”. In 2025 it ranked 1,486th for boys in the US (119 babies).

What does Mauro mean?

Latin: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Maurus

“a Moor; dark-skinned”

Saint Maurus was a 6th-century disciple of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western monasticism.

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

Mauro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 119 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mauro in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.

1996Busiest: 7 in 20162022
Mauro in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20227#2,922
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20194#4,126
20180–
20170–
20167#2,947
20154#4,086
20140–
20131#6,198
20120–
20110–
20101#6,148
20090–
20080–
20076#2,873
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19961#3,776

How popular is Mauro in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,486th among boys
Babies in 2025
119 about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 119 boys in the US were named Mauro, making it the 1,486th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 161 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the boys named Mauro in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1913Busiest: 161 in 20062025
Mauro in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025119#1,486
2024126#1,438
2023128#1,420
2022117#1,532
2021114#1,538
2020120#1,437
201988#1,762
2018120#1,453
201796#1,644
2016104#1,575
2015100#1,599
2014113#1,447
201381#1,781
201290#1,686
201192#1,644
201090#1,697
2009121#1,403
2008110#1,482
2007131#1,311
2006161#1,091
2005111#1,353
2004122#1,233
200396#1,390
2002109#1,241
2001123#1,133
2000128#1,094
1999112#1,159
199890#1,319
199781#1,363
199691#1,224
199594#1,190
199479#1,308
1993101#1,114
199289#1,173
199183#1,210
199097#1,079
198994#1,078
198861#1,315
198764#1,200
198658#1,268
198558#1,257
198454#1,250
198347#1,360
198268#1,107
198161#1,177
198050#1,324
197956#1,221
197863#1,099
197749#1,268
197649#1,238
197560#1,084
197468#993
197341#1,294
197248#1,177
197166#998
197039#1,336
196937#1,302
196843#1,147
196734#1,286
196649#1,043
196535#1,294
196448#1,095
196337#1,278
196248#1,107
196138#1,278
196040#1,241
195933#1,359
195829#1,445
195727#1,510
195634#1,316
195529#1,418
195436#1,241
195339#1,188
195231#1,346
195137#1,194
195041#1,104
194934#1,226
194831#1,295
194738#1,175
194619#1,641
194526#1,295
194425#1,327
194329#1,279
194223#1,467
194126#1,300
194016#1,736
193928#1,238
193823#1,397
193729#1,233
193622#1,417
193539#1,020
193419#1,608
193317#1,707
193224#1,426
193121#1,538
193023#1,533
192936#1,154
192836#1,188
192734#1,248
192634#1,242
192537#1,164
192424#1,577
192324#1,551
192228#1,396
192122#1,648
192016#2,051
191918#1,810
191818#1,826
191721#1,586
191616#1,848
191520#1,552
191416#1,544
19136#2,495

Names like Mauro

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

Marco, Lorenzo, Arlo, Milo, Roman, Hugo, Vincent, Mason, Austin, Enzo, Leonardo, Nico

Names related to Mauro

Mario, Mayur, Mar, Mauri, Maury

More Latin names

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

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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, “Mauro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mauro, updated 20 October 2026.