Mario

What Mario means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mario yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 2,936 babies; 721 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mario?

US: Falling: down from #285 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #476 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1980, when 2,936 boys got the name (#102 that year). First in the US records in 1897.

How common

• About 1 in 2,369 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,350 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.24 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.95 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.95 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Mario is #438 in the US and #856 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mario were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maria6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mario

Boys

• Ricardo#380Same root as Richard, meaning “king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Alberto#819Spanish and Italian form of Albert, meaning “noble + bright, famous”^*
• Manuel#371“pillar”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025
• Jaime#657Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 1,462 babies; 420 in 2025
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*

For a sister

• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mario’s. Rank is US 2025.