Mario

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Czech, Norwegian, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovene, Polish, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Greek, German, Dutch, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius.

From Wikipedia

Mario first appears in the data in 1897 and has been recorded in 126 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1980 with 2,936 babies (rank #102 that year). In 2024 it was given to 808 boys (rank #398). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mario

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mario yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

151,662

Total babies (all years)

126

Years in the data

2,936

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Mario

Mario Vargas Llosabroadcaster · b. 1936
Marioplumber
Mario Draghiuniversity teacher · b. 1947
Mario Balotelliassociation football player · b. 1990
Mario Puzoscience fiction writer · b. 1920

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1897	7	#903
1900	5	#1,432
1901	6	#1,018
1902	10	#777
1903	6	#1,087
1904	13	#672
1905	14	#655
1906	15	#634
1907	20	#551
1908	28	#471
1909	27	#500
1910	47	#379
1911	56	#376
1912	152	#289
1913	166	#312
1914	289	#252
1915	354	#255
1916	379	#254
1917	359	#267
1918	351	#292
1919	353	#287
1920	408	#276
1921	502	#250
1922	451	#266
1923	504	#251
1924	483	#260
1925	501	#254
1926	518	#248
1927	492	#259
1928	477	#259
1929	443	#265
1930	449	#265
1931	393	#279
1932	344	#297
1933	318	#297
1934	306	#310
1935	304	#312
1936	294	#311
1937	271	#330
1938	297	#320
1939	238	#369
1940	294	#334
1941	270	#357
1942	303	#347
1943	331	#337
1944	340	#328
1945	345	#320
1946	383	#330
1947	500	#308
1948	622	#262
1949	606	#268
1950	746	#246
1951	863	#224
1952	971	#211
1953	996	#215
1954	1,073	#213
1955	1,075	#219
1956	1,208	#214
1957	1,152	#224
1958	1,189	#219
1959	1,205	#227
1960	1,323	#211
1961	1,298	#216
1962	1,312	#211
1963	1,322	#213
1964	1,358	#204
1965	1,289	#197
1966	1,290	#190
1967	1,310	#187
1968	1,354	#186
1969	1,632	#170
1970	1,898	#159
1971	1,903	#154
1972	1,927	#137
1973	2,018	#129
1974	2,061	#128
1975	2,059	#125
1976	2,029	#130
1977	2,121	#129
1978	2,230	#114
1979	2,702	#103
1980	2,936	#102
1981	2,712	#109
1982	2,660	#109
1983	2,373	#115
1984	2,348	#116
1985	2,416	#117
1986	2,475	#112
1987	2,739	#108
1988	2,892	#106
1989	2,843	#116
1990	2,823	#119
1991	2,575	#127
1992	2,627	#128
1993	2,469	#138
1994	2,466	#142
1995	2,390	#149
1996	2,377	#147
1997	2,295	#152
1998	2,261	#151
1999	2,288	#163
2000	2,333	#167
2001	2,217	#170
2002	2,265	#170
2003	2,358	#168
2004	2,262	#178
2005	2,304	#179
2006	2,295	#178
2007	2,291	#180
2008	2,167	#184
2009	1,938	#198
2010	1,708	#208
2011	1,598	#224
2012	1,445	#254
2013	1,427	#255
2014	1,368	#269
2015	1,293	#286
2016	1,156	#307
2017	1,138	#307
2018	1,021	#327
2019	1,030	#323
2020	998	#329
2021	937	#348
2022	901	#365
2023	788	#406
2024	808	#398