NameTides

Marius

Marius was the #2,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (52 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,167 in Canada.

Marius as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marius 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Marius 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#2,539 (52)#1,466 (18)——#1,167 (21)
2024#2,418 (57)#1,675 (15)——#842 (30)
2023#3,474 (33)#1,363 (19)—#770 (3)#1,115 (20)
2022#2,648 (50)#1,469 (17)—#509 (6)#989 (23)
2021#2,349 (58)#1,139 (24)——#662 (41)
2020#2,139 (65)#1,019 (27)——#674 (38)
2019#2,310 (59)#731 (45)—#764 (3)#713 (35)
2018#2,101 (67)#1,194 (22)—#749 (3)#762 (32)
2017#2,065 (67)#888 (35)——#789 (31)
2016#2,066 (68)#1,319 (20)#707 (3)—#729 (35)
2015#2,212 (61)#1,236 (21)——#847 (27)
2014#2,582 (47)#1,486 (16)—#715 (3)#833 (28)
2013#1,989 (69)#2,055 (10)——#836 (28)
2012#2,238 (58)#1,270 (20)—#616 (4)#796 (29)
2011#2,173 (60)#1,600 (14)—#490 (6)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #866.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 33,000 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 33,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marius is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 61,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marius by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Marius (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
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#1,3557

Marius (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
MariusCanadaBoys#1,16721
MariusEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
MariusIrelandBoys—too few
MariusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MariusScotlandBoys—too few
MariusUSBoys#2,53952