Mario
Mario is ranked 398th among boys in 2024 (808 births). Its best rank was 102nd, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- #398up 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8080.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19802,936 births
- Best rank
- #102in 1980
- Since 1897
- 151,662people given the name
The story in the numbers
150,569 boys have been named Mario in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 2,936 births — 0.16% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 269 → 398).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 18%. It has spent 123 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,093 girls have also been given it, 0.72% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mario | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 144 | |
| 1910s | 2,506 | |
| 1920s | 4,779 | |
| 1930s | 3,214 | |
| 1940s | 3,994 | |
| 1950s | 10,478 | |
| 1960s | 13,488 | |
| 1970s | 20,948 | |
| 1980s | 26,394 | |
| 1990s | 24,571 | |
| 2000s | 22,430 | |
| 2010s | 13,184 | |
| 2020s | 4,432 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Mario was the 102nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1980 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Mario
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Robertopeak 1991
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Armandopeak 1997
- Albertopeak 1991
- Norbertopeak 1981
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Raulpeak 2000
- Gilbertopeak 1993
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.