Marius

maleStatistical record

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

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

Marius: Recorded every year since 1955, it reached #4 in 1989, and it stood at #133 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
112times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#4highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for
15names it appears alongside

What stands out in Marius's record

Ranked every year since 1955, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 50 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 146 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Shares a published list with another name across 71 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
1998	#1188
1999	#1664
2000	#2142
2001	#1286
2002	#1799
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1246
2006	#1469
2007	#1666
2008	#1294
2009	#1494
2010	#1407
2011	#1600
2012	#1270
2013	#2055
2014	#1486
2015	#1236
2016	#1319
2017	#888
2018	#1194
2019	#731
2020	#1019
2021	#1139
2022	#1469
2023	#1363
2024	#1675

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 every year from 1955 to 2025.

In 2024: #110 among boys in Norway, #1675 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1955–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #339 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2025
Highest recorded position: #4 among boys in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1955–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #133 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Marius appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 71 years beginning in 1955, and has registered 17,233 births with the name.

Marius 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.

Marius'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	#339 (1955)	#4 (1989)	#133 (2025)	71 of 71	17,233 (1955–2025)	608 (1989)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#731 (2019)	#1675 (2024)	29 of 29	467 (1996–2024)	45 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#375 (2003)	#770 (2023)	12 of 22	48 (2002–2023)	6 (2011)

Marius 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 Marius in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	43	5 of 10	9
1960s	174	10 of 10	17
1970s	1,631	10 of 10	163
1980s	4,677	10 of 10	468
1990sbusiest	5,185	10 of 10	519
2000s	3,467	10 of 10	347
2010s	1,726	10 of 10	173
2020s	330	6 of 10	55

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 519 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1987 and 1988, when recorded births rose by 134, from 471 to 605.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marius 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 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #4 in Norway in 1995.

Marius'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	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#888	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#133	44	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#110	53	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#134	44	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#102	61	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#101	61	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#87	67	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#66	112	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#54	130	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#57	138	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#60	130	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#55	145	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#42	169	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#29	213	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#28	224	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#31	210	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#24	255	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#20	295	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#20	295	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#16	334	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#18	296	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#15	323	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#14	335	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#16	328	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#10	370	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#7	455	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#8	436	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#9	425	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#11	431	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#6	482	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#9	479	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#4	537	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#5	518	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#5	534	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#5	581	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#5	608	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#6	590	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#4	608	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#5	605	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#9	471	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#6	506	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#6	463	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#6	446	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#6	429	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#12	383	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#6	447	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#14	319	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#26	264	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#28	249	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#40	195	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#46	172	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#45	167	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#53	155	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#65	132	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#58	147	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#95	96	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#141	54	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#162	40	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#185	31	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#247	18	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#302	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#265	16	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#305	12	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#292	12	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#271	13	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#370	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#288	12	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#316	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#297	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#259	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#405	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#339	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	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 1955 and 2025, ranked in 71 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #4, first reached in 1989.

It held a top-100 place in 50 years, 50 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 608 births, registered in Norway in 1989.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 47 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.

Marita · #34, 68y
Marium · #1074, 26y
Mariusz · #76, 48y
Mariya · #533, 29y

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.

Anette · #5, 69y
Selma · #5, 67y
Marita · #34, 68y
Dina · #50, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Fiona · #4, 71y
Joanne · #4, 73y
Adam · #3, 73y
Adrian · #3, 73y

Comparisons involving Marius

Existing comparison pages where Marius and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Marius in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Marius vs Einar
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Einar fell — from #339 and #37 in 1955 to #133 and #57 in 2025.
Marius · Einar · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Marius vs Nils
Over 71 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Nils fell — from #339 and #33 in 1955 to #133 and #61 in 2025.
Marius · Nils · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Marius vs Glenn
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Glenn fell — from #339 and #224 in 1955 to #28 and #545 in 2012.
Marius · Glenn · 56 shared years, 1955–2012 · Mirrored each other
See the 2012 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Marius and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Sander vs Marius
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Marius in Norway · Boys — #23 and #6 the year before became #3 and #11.
Sander · Marius · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Anders vs Marius
In 1988, Marius moved ahead of Anders in Norway · Boys — #8 and #9 the year before became #6 and #5.
Anders · Marius · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1988 Norway ranking
Morten vs Marius
In 1988, Marius moved ahead of Morten in Norway · Boys — #7 and #9 the year before became #10 and #5.
Morten · Marius · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1988 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Marius measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Marius at its highest position.

Marius vs Raymond
Over 52 shared years in Norway · Boys, Marius rose about as far as Raymond fell — from #339 and #191 in 1955 to #20 and #487 in 2008.
Marius · Raymond · 52 shared years, 1955–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Marius vs Kasper
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Boys, Kasper rose about as far as Marius fell — from #65 and #549 in 1973 to #133 and #23 in 2025.
Marius · Kasper · 51 shared years, 1973–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Marius vs Fredrik
Marius and Fredrik changed places 12 times in Norway · Boys between 1955 and 2025, ending at #133 and #82.
Marius · Fredrik · 71 shared years, 1955–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Marius was ranked #4 in Norway · Boys in 1989. 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.

Marius 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 Marius without appearing here.

Marius moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1666 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1294 and #3158.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1246 and #2754.
Tayla Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1629 and #2857.
Anders Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1486 and #2690.

Moved ahead of Marius

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1286 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1469 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1666 and #926.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1132.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1629 and #1092.

Moved the opposite way to Marius

Anders Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 while Anders went from #69 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 while Arne went from #9 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Marius

Adam Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 and Adam from #409 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 and Aksel from #197 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 and Alfred from #217 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marius went from #339 to #133 and Arthur from #189 to #83.

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 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #4 in Norway in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marius

Marius at a glance

What stands out in Marius's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marius across 3 official records

Marius by decade in Norway · Boys

Marius appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Marius

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Marius

Marius and the names beside it

Marius moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marius

Moved the opposite way to Marius

Moved the same way as Marius

Marius at a glance

What stands out in Marius's record

Marius across 3 official records

Marius by decade in Norway · Boys

Marius appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Marius

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Marius

Marius and the names beside it

Marius moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marius

Moved the opposite way to Marius

Moved the same way as Marius