Mario

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning of Mars; warlike; a form of Marius.

Babies a year
1,129
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#438
down from #398
UK popularity
#856
37 babies

How Mario has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#247#361#475201520202025#438

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#284
2016#307
2017#307
2018#327
2019#322
2020#329
2021#347
2022#366
2023#404
2024#398
2025#438

Mario by the numbers

In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Mario. In the US, 1,129 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 2,935 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.

At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 630 American boys born that year was called Mario.

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Mario as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Marius

Like Mario, each of these traces back to Marius: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Marianaof the sea; feminine form of Marius1,084 in the US (2017)
  • Mariusof mars; warlike18 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mario. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marcoof mars; warlike; form of mark1,001 in the US (2017)
  • Marionof the sea; a form of Mary216 in the US (2017)
  • Marinof the sea; from marinus171 in the US (2017)
  • Marloa form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Markodedicated to mars; warlike; a form of Mark21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marinoof the sea20 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a warrior

Like Mario, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Wyattbrave in war9,768 in the US (2017)
  • Owenyoung warrior, well-born9,341 in the US (2017)
  • Robertbright fame; renowned warrior5,507 in the US (2017)
  • Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
  • Milessoldier; merciful3,615 in the US (2017)
  • Luisfamous warrior; form of Louis3,379 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mario

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