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It Is Known To Be Linked To The Roman God Of War: Mars.
Mario Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.26%
Male
0.74%
Female
Mario is predominantly a boys name, with 0.74% of Marios being girls, and 99.26% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 147478 males named Mario, and 1092 females given the name
Popularity of Mario by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Mario in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Mario: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Mario' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Mario in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Mario's average ranking is 2355.11, with it's highest ever rank being #. Mario has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 1 times, and has reached the top hundred names 1 times.
Mario has been used in the United States ever since 1897, with over 148570 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Mario gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1979, when it's usage went up by 115.66%. During this year, 2703 babies were named Mario, which was 0.0826% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.087%, in this year alone more than 3000 boys were named Mario.
Popular 'M' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'M'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with M. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'M' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2025, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
Name | 'M-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
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Mason | 1. | 7. | 15192 | 0.42% |
Michael | 2. | 13. | 13998 | 0.387% |
Matthew | 3. | 21. | 12551 | 0.347% |
Mateo | 4. | 82. | 6526 | 0.18% |
Miles | 5. | 179. | 3714 | 0.103% |
Maxwell | 6. | 190. | 3559 | 0.098% |
Micah | 7. | 196. | 3447 | 0.095% |
Max | 8. | 200. | 3394 | 0.094% |
Maverick | 9. | 243. | 2940 | 0.081% |
Maddox | 10. | 248. | 2887 | 0.08% |
Malachi | 11. | 278. | 2585 | 0.071% |
Miguel | 12. | 286. | 2492 | 0.069% |
Matteo | 13. | 297. | 2377 | 0.066% |
Marcus | 14. | 324. | 2156 | 0.06% |
Maximus | 15. | 332. | 2108 | 0.058% |
Mark | 16. | 342. | 2057 | 0.057% |
Messiah | 17. | 400. | 1776 | 0.049% |
Myles | 18. | 421. | 1688 | 0.047% |
Milo | 19. | 461. | 1495 | 0.041% |
Martin | 20. | 482. | 1391 | 0.038% |