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Mario

Pronounced /ˈmaɹiəʊ/

Rank in 2024
#398
Born in 2024
808
Peak year
1980 · #102
Origin
Italian

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 808 boys were named Mario, about 1 in every 2,123.
  • It peaked in 1980 with 2,936 babies, ranked #102.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1897.
  • 150,569 boys have been named Mario since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Mario per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 1.1
    Gen X
  5. 1.4
    Millennials
  6. 1.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,504 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Silent: 6,017 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Boomers: 19,202 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen X: 30,759 babies, 1.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 41,185 babies, 1.35 per 1,000. Gen Z: 34,025 babies, 1.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12,865 babies, 0.59 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.

  • A male given name from Italian or Spanish.
Origin
Italian
Say it
/ˈmaɹiəʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Mario, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Mauro

    Rank
    #1,436
    Born '24
    126
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20062024
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    Maria

    Rank
    #9,290
    Born '24
    8
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19822024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Mary

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    Aramaic
    1880peak 19302024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marie

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19262024