Marius
- #2,539 for boys in 2025, 52 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,654since 1881
Marius over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Marius has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,539 | 52 |
| 2024 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #2,648 | 50 |
| 2021 | #2,349 | 58 |
| 2020 | #2,139 | 65 |
| 2019 | #2,310 | 59 |
| 2018 | #2,101 | 67 |
| 2017 | #2,065 | 67 |
| 2016 | #2,066 | 68 |
| 2015 | #2,212 | 61 |
| 2014 | #2,582 | 47 |
| 2013 | #1,989 | 69 |
| 2012 | #2,238 | 58 |
| 2011 | #2,173 | 60 |
| 2010 | #2,262 | 57 |
| 2009 | #2,119 | 64 |
| 2008 | #1,932 | 74 |
| 2007 | #2,034 | 68 |
| 2006 | #2,221 | 57 |
| 2005 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | #1,618 | 80 |
| 2003 | #1,591 | 79 |
| 2002 | #2,125 | 50 |
| 2001 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
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| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
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| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Marius! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marius is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Virginia#1,089 · 1 in 7,451
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #631 in Arizona, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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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 Marius
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 400 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,539)
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 1882
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1881–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,147
- Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Marius (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 23.1% of all boys named Marius (613) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #905 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,527 (1912) | #2,406 |
| 1920s | 82 | #2,387 (1928) | #3,002 |
| 1930s | 66 | #2,159 (1939) | #2,540 |
| 1940s | 24 | #2,872 (1941) | #3,233 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,111 (1950) | #2,882 |
| 1960s | 89 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,864 |
| 1970s | 249 | #1,473 (1972) | #1,919 |
| 1980s | 182 | #2,213 (1980) | #2,773 |
| 1990s | 257 | #2,396 (1997) | #2,858 |
| 2000s | 599 | #1,591 (2003) | #2,156 |
| 2010s | 613 | #1,989 (2013) | #2,200 |
| 2020s | 315 | #2,139 (2020) | #2,595 |
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.
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