Mario

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mario: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mario: Recorded since 1946, it reached #229 in 1990, and it stood at #504 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
126times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#755
1997	#1052
1998	#813
1999	#655
2000	#596
2001	#728
2002	#824
2003	#695
2004	#555
2005	#565
2006	#617
2007	#651
2008	#550
2009	#610
2010	#635
2011	#594
2012	#526
2013	#560
2014	#616
2015	#476
2016	#459
2017	#443
2018	#454
2019	#424
2020	#488
2021	#556
2022	#561
2023	#651
2024	#630

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 68 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2023: #471 among boys in Norway, #651 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #335 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #229 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #504 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Mario appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 68 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 640 births with the name.

Mario across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mario's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#335 (1946)	#254 (1984)	#504 (2025)	68 of 80	640 (1946–2025)	21 (1984)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#229 (1990)	#779 (2022)	29 of 59	127 (1964–2022)	10 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#755 (1996)	#424 (2019)	#630 (2024)	29 of 29	1,565 (1996–2024)	98 (2019)

Mario by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mario in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	10	2 of 10	5
1950s	32	5 of 10	6
1960s	71	8 of 10	9
1970s	120	10 of 10	12
1980sbusiest	138	10 of 10	14
1990s	85	10 of 10	9
2000s	57	8 of 10	7
2010s	91	10 of 10	9
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mario appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #229 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Mario's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#630	60	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#556	69	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#488	79	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#424	98	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#454	90	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#443	95	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#459	88	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#476	84	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#616	56	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#560	64	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#526	70	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#594	58	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#635	51	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#610	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#550	60	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#651	44	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#617	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#565	47	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#555	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#695	31	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#813	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#504	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#471	5	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#388	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#325	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#325	10	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#364	9	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#398	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#463	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#388	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#272	18	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#480	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#303	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#562	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#431	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#357	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#351	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#416	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#330	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#349	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#402	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#366	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#399	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#412	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#401	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#311	15	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#299	17	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#355	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#254	21	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#477	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#291	17	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#506	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#270	19	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#311	15	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#381	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#340	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#320	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#498	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#503	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#423	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#282	16	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#304	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#426	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#313	12	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#338	11	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#411	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#375	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#373	8	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#361	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#336	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#391	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#368	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#323	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#331	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#373	4	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#335	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 71 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #229, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 98 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 50 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marin · #698, 20y
Marina · #122, 73y
Marion · #57, 81y
Marios · #1454, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Said · #225, 68y
Vladimir · #215, 72y
Juan · #209, 75y
Mahmoud · #251, 69y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Hild · #229, 29y
Fridtjof · #230, 49y
Gudny · #230, 21y
Turi · #228, 36y

Mario was ranked #229 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mario and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mario without appearing here.

Mario moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #695 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #555 and #1347.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1052 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #813 and #1367.
Murray Compare
In 2003 they stood at #695 and #642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #555 and #1038.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #824 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #695 and #1132.

Moved ahead of Mario

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #412 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #581 and #231.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #550 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #610 and #311.
Rian Compare
In 2000 they stood at #229 and #256 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #409 and #111.

Moved the opposite way to Mario

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 while Aksel went from #171 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 while Alfred went from #142 to #26.
Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 while Colin went from #326 to #119.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 while Daniel went from #244 to #66.

Moved the same way as Mario

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 and Anders from #64 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 and Arild from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 and Arne from #5 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mario went from #335 to #504 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #229 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mario

Mario at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mario across 3 official records

Mario by decade in Norway · Boys

Mario appears in

Popularity data

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Mario moved ahead of

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Mario at a glance

Mario across 3 official records

Mario by decade in Norway · Boys

Mario appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Mario moved ahead of

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