How rare is the name Marius?

3,705 people in the United States have the first name Marius, about 1 in 81,520. It ranks #4,851 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MARIUS

#4,851

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,705
About
1 in 81,520
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,705 people named Marius, 63.5% reported their origin as White, 17.8% as Black and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marius peaked in 2004, when 80 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
80
In 2025*
52 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,654 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Marius by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #2,745. The largest share of babies named Marius, 32.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,74510
1910s#4,71179
1920s#5,97582
1930s#5,79766
1940s#8,83924
1950s#6,20189
1960s#6,92189
1970s#4,646249
1980s#6,758182
1990s#6,747257
2000s#4,742599
2010s#4,888613
2020s#5,450315
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.7%
Baby boom 1946–645.4%
Generation X 1965–8011.8%
Millennials 1981–9612.5%
Generation Z 1997–1232.3%
2013 and later28.4%

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.

Exactly as common as Marius

2 other first names also have 3,705 people.

#4,851 Felice · 3,705#4,851 Herb · 3,705

Either side of Marius

#4,851 Felice · 3,705#4,851 Herb · 3,705#4,854 Elicia · 3,703#4,855 Jenniffer · 3,699

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marius, most common first.

#4,903 Maris · 3,649#6,593 Mariusz · 2,416#25,229 Marios · 377#43,791 Marus · 160#45,829 Marias · 147

Also a last name

As a last name, Marius ranks #41,034 of 156,621, with 573 people. See Marius as a last name

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