first name
MARIANO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,757 people named Mariano, 84.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.5% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mariano peaked in 2022, when 215 babies got the name.
At least 10,077 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mariano by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,828. The largest share of babies named Mariano, 26.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mariano is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mariano has been most common in New Mexico (5.7×), Texas (4.1×), and California (3.2×), and least common in North Carolina (0.19×).
6,992 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mariano
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mariano, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mariano ranks #3,854 of 156,621, with 8,968 people. See Mariano as a last name
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