NameYear

Boys' name · peaked in 1980

Mario name popularity since 1925

147,385 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mario (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Mario is about 39 years old in 2026. Mario peaked in 1980 as the #102 name for boys, and it ranked #438 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
147,385
Named Mario, 1925–2025
Peak year
1980
#102 for boys that year
Typical age
About 39
Median birth year 1987
In 2025
#438
for boys in 2025 (721 babies)
Girls / boys
99.3% boys
1,080 girls · 146,305 boys
Most popular in
New Mexico
2.83× its national share

Peak year is the year Mario made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Mario births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Mario per year, 1925–2025

1980 was the biggest year for Mario both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1946 and 1951, Mario became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 4,240 baby boys to 1 in 2,180.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Mario's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mario.

Decade by decade

Babies named Mario in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 362,431 –
1930s 203,214 #312
1940s 173,994 #320
1950s 7010,479 #219
1960s 14513,491 #197
1970s 30020,949 #125
1980s 31126,396 #117
1990s 13724,573 #149
2000s 4422,430 #179
2010s 013,188 #286
2020–25 05,160 #438

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

28.2% of babies named Mario from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Mario by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 1.0% Silent Generation born 1928–45 4.1% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 13.1% Gen X born 1965–80 21.2% Millennials born 1981–96 28.2% Gen Z born 1997–2012 23.1% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 9.2%

Where Mario is most popular

The index compares Mario's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mario.

StateIndexBabies
New Mexico2.83×2,280
Arizona2.65×4,996
Texas2.58×29,468
California2.46×37,987
Nevada1.64×852

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mario's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mario.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Mario (1980).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data