Mario
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405 · #438 for boys in 2025, 721 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 2,936 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 151,310since 1897
Mario over time
Rank among boys' names. Mario has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #438 | 721 | |
| 2024 | — | #398 | 810 | |
| 2023 | — | #404 | 791 | |
| 2022 | — | #365 | 902 | |
| 2021 | — | #348 | 937 | |
| 2020 | — | #329 | 999 | |
| 2019 | — | #323 | 1,030 | |
| 2018 | — | #326 | 1,022 | |
| 2017 | — | #307 | 1,139 | |
| 2016 | — | #307 | 1,156 | |
| 2015 | — | #285 | 1,294 | |
| 2014 | — | #268 | 1,368 | |
| 2013 | — | #255 | 1,428 | |
| 2012 | — | #254 | 1,445 | |
| 2011 | — | #224 | 1,598 | |
| 2010 | — | #208 | 1,708 | |
| 2009 | — | #198 | 1,938 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #184 | 2,167 |
| 2007 | — | #180 | 2,291 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #178 | 2,295 |
| 2005 | — | #179 | 2,304 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #178 | 2,262 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #168 | 2,358 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #170 | 2,265 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #170 | 2,217 |
| 2000 | — | #167 | 2,333 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #163 | 2,288 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #151 | 2,261 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #152 | 2,295 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #147 | 2,377 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #149 | 2,391 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #142 | 2,466 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #138 | 2,470 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #128 | 2,627 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | #127 | 2,575 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | #119 | 2,823 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | #116 | 2,843 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | #106 | 2,893 |
| 1987 | #2,398 | 43 | #108 | 2,738 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 | #112 | 2,476 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #117 | 2,416 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | #116 | 2,348 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #115 | 2,373 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #109 | 2,660 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #109 | 2,713 |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | #102 | 2,936 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #103 | 2,702 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | #114 | 2,230 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 | #129 | 2,121 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #130 | 2,028 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | #125 | 2,059 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | #128 | 2,062 |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 | #129 | 2,018 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #137 | 1,927 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | #154 | 1,904 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | #159 | 1,898 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | #170 | 1,630 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | #186 | 1,357 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | #187 | 1,310 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | #190 | 1,290 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #197 | 1,289 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #204 | 1,359 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #213 | 1,321 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #211 | 1,312 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #216 | 1,297 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #210 | 1,326 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #227 | 1,205 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #219 | 1,190 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #224 | 1,152 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #214 | 1,208 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #219 | 1,075 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #213 | 1,073 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #215 | 996 |
| 1952 | — | #211 | 971 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #224 | 863 |
| 1950 | — | #246 | 746 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #268 | 606 |
| 1948 | — | #261 | 622 | |
| 1947 | — | #308 | 500 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #330 | 383 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #320 | 345 |
| 1944 | — | #327 | 340 | |
| 1943 | — | #337 | 331 | |
| 1942 | — | #346 | 303 | |
| 1941 | — | #357 | 270 | |
| 1940 | — | #334 | 294 | |
| 1939 | — | #368 | 238 | |
| 1938 | — | #320 | 297 | |
| 1937 | — | #330 | 271 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #311 | 294 |
| 1935 | — | #312 | 304 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #310 | 306 |
| 1933 | — | #297 | 318 | |
| 1932 | — | #297 | 344 | |
| 1931 | — | #279 | 393 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #265 | 449 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #265 | 443 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #259 | 477 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #258 | 492 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #248 | 518 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #253 | 501 |
| 1924 | — | #260 | 483 | |
| 1923 | — | #251 | 504 | |
| 1922 | — | #266 | 451 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #250 | 502 |
| 1920 | — | #275 | 408 | |
| 1919 | — | #287 | 353 | |
| 1918 | — | #291 | 351 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #267 | 359 |
| 1916 | — | #253 | 379 | |
| 1915 | — | #255 | 354 | |
| 1914 | — | #252 | 289 | |
| 1913 | — | #312 | 166 | |
| 1912 | — | #289 | 152 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #376 | 47 | |
| 1909 | — | #496 | 27 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Mario! It came in at #852, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mario is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#92 · 1 in 395
- Arizona#116 · 1 in 482
- California#118 · 1 in 590
- Rhode Island#125 · 1 in 1,268
- New Mexico#133 · 1 in 583
Best ever in a state: #44 in New Mexico, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #92 | 310 | 1 in 395 |
| Arizona | #116 | 32 | 1 in 482 |
| California | #118 | 296 | 1 in 590 |
| Rhode Island | #125 | 7 | 1 in 1,268 |
| New Mexico | #133 | 22 | 1 in 583 |
| Massachusetts | #160 | 27 | 1 in 2,121 |
| New York | #175 | 134 | 1 in 1,349 |
| Illinois | #179 | 76 | 1 in 1,499 |
| Colorado | #195 | 15 | 1 in 1,386 |
| New Jersey | #198 | 29 | 1 in 2,102 |
| Connecticut | #211 | 10 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Pennsylvania | #235 | 40 | 1 in 3,082 |
| Hawaii | #242 | 5 | 1 in 1,432 |
| District of Columbia | #257 | 6 | 1 in 2,487 |
| Michigan | #275 | 26 | 1 in 3,799 |
| Maryland | #276 | 9 | 1 in 3,569 |
| Florida | #298 | 19 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Ohio | #298 | 26 | 1 in 4,401 |
| Missouri | #313 | 12 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Wisconsin | #323 | 7 | 1 in 6,660 |
| Virginia | #339 | 11 | 1 in 3,952 |
| Indiana | #348 | 10 | 1 in 5,477 |
| Louisiana | #395 | 11 | 1 in 3,883 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mario
- 40 spots since 2024 (#398 → #438)
- 109 spots since 2020 (#329 → #438)
- 153 spots since 2015 (#285 → #438)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #943)
- Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1903 (#744 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1980 at #102 (2,936 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1904–2025
- Highest: 1 in 608 boys born in 1980 were named Mario (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,369 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 17.4% of all boys named Mario (26,396) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #852 (1897) | #852 |
| 1900s | 144 | #463 (1908) | #740 |
| 1910s | 2,506 | #252 (1914) | #295 |
| 1920s | 4,779 | #248 (1926) | #259 |
| 1930s | 3,214 | #265 (1930) | #309 |
| 1940s | 3,994 | #261 (1948) | #319 |
| 1950s | 10,479 | #211 (1952) | #221 |
| 1960s | 13,491 | #170 (1969) | #198 |
| 1970s | 20,949 | #103 (1979) | #131 |
| 1980s | 26,396 | #102 (1980) | #111 |
| 1990s | 24,573 | #119 (1990) | #142 |
| 2000s | 22,430 | #167 (2000) | #177 |
| 2010s | 13,188 | #208 (2010) | #276 |
| 2020s | 5,160 | #329 (2020) | #380 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mario in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 251,452 of them was named Mario, which outranked 35.7% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,193Yetta9
- #4,193Yevonne9
- #4,193Zoeann9
- #4,520Mario8
- #4,520Abra8
- #4,520Adena8
- #4,520Adora8
- #4,890Adelfa7
- #4,890Adonna7
- #4,890Agustina7
Tied with 369 names at #4,520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 1,784 of them was named Mario, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.