first name
MARIO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 213,074 people named Mario, 77% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% as White and 7.6% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mario peaked in 1980, when 2,974 babies got the name.
At least 152,403 babies have been given the name since 1897. 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.
Mario by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #223. The largest share of babies named Mario, 27.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Mario is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mario has been most common in New Mexico (2.8×), Arizona (2.7×), and Texas (2.6×), and least common in Kentucky (0.09×).
148,401 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 Mario
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mario, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mario ranks #32,481 of 156,621, with 759 people. See Mario as a last name
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