Mario — #398 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mario

The Social Security Administration has registered 150,569 babies named Mario between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mario currently holds the #398 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 2,936 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mario performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26,394 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Mario shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37,961 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mario in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mario in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 150,569 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.