Mario

Where Mario comes from

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mario
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #852 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Mario Vargas Llosa born
    Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer
  3. 1947
    Mario Draghi born
    Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
  4. 1980
    Peak, #102
    2,936 babies named Mario — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #254.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian or Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Mario Vargas Llosa · Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer, 1936–2025
  • Mario Draghi · Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy, born 1947
  • Mario Balotelli · Italian association football player, born 1990
  • Mario Puzo · American author, screenwriter, and journalist, 1920–1999
  • Mario Monti · Italian economist and politician, born 1943

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.