Mauricio

What Mauricio means

Spanish and Portuguese form of Maurice, meaning “Moor; dark, swarthy”

a male given name, equivalent to English Maurice || From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Mauricio” (revision 92920453) and “Maurice” (revision 92416700), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Mauricio?

US: Falling: down from #561 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #3004 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 829 boys got the name (#371 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 4,136 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 90,645 baby boys in England and Wales 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 NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.78 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.55 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Mauricio is #663 in the US and #5137 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 Mauricio were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maurizio15 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 Mauricio

Boys

• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*

For a sister

• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Maggie#294Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Isabel#176“my God is an oath”^*
• Grace#38From the word “grace”^*
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mauricio’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.