Mauricio

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning dark-skinned; moorish; spanish form of maurice.

Babies a year
482
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#664
down from #633
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

How Mauricio has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#501#636#770201520202025#664

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#560
2016#564
2017#561
2018#602
2019#595
2020#631
2021#711
2022#647
2023#668
2024#633
2025#664

Mauricio by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mauricio. In the US, 482 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 829 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Mauriziodark-skinned; italian form of Maurice10 in the US (2017)
  • Mauriliodark-skinned; moorish; related to Maurice8 in the US (2017)
  • Mauricedark-skinned; moorish394 in the US (2017)
  • Marciodedicated to mars; warlike; form of Marcius8 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean darkness

Like Mauricio, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
  • Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
  • Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
  • Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
  • Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
  • Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mauricio

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