NameTides

Mario

Mario was the #438 boys' name in the US in 2025 (721 babies), and #856 in England & Wales and #1,167 in Canada.

Mario as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mario as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandEngland & WalesCanada
Mario as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#438 (721)#856 (37)#762 (3)—#1,167 (21)
2024#398 (810)#630 (60)——#997 (25)
2023#404 (791)#651 (54)——#1,192 (18)
2022#365 (902)#561 (67)—#779 (3)#1,142 (19)
2021#348 (937)#556 (69)#533 (5)#631 (4)#1,230 (17)
2020#329 (999)#488 (79)—#637 (4)#688 (37)
2019#323 (1,030)#424 (98)#701 (3)#564 (5)#1,029 (21)
2018#326 (1,022)#454 (90)——#885 (26)
2017#307 (1,139)#443 (95)#733 (3)#418 (8)#1,194 (17)
2016#307 (1,156)#459 (88)#707 (3)#541 (5)#833 (29)
2015#285 (1,294)#476 (84)—#459 (7)#690 (37)
2014#268 (1,368)#616 (56)#533 (5)#550 (5)#699 (36)
2013#255 (1,428)#560 (64)#687 (3)#534 (5)#656 (38)
2012#254 (1,445)#526 (70)—#616 (4)#813 (28)
2011#224 (1,598)#594 (58)#544 (4)#730 (3)#617 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1980 at #102.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1897.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mario is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mario by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #306ILMichigan: #679MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #438ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #265CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #260AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #352KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #237TXFlorida: #458FL
Mario (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Mario (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarioCanadaBoys#1,16721
MarioEngland & WalesBoys#85637
MarioIrelandBoys—too few
MarioNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarioScotlandBoys#7623
MarioUSGirls—too few
MarioUSBoys#438721