Masculine dossier · first seen 1897
Mario
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 1980
Peak era
1980
Peak births
2,936
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Gen X
Quick answers about Mario
How many people are named Mario?
An estimated 127,484 living Americans are named Mario.
How rare is Mario?
Mario is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 721 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 75.4% from its 1980 peak.
How old is the typical Mario?
The median age of a living American named Mario is approximately 36 years, with most bearers falling between 23 and 49 years old.
Is Mario still popular?
Not especially. Mario has been declining since its 1980 peak and registered 721 births in 2025.
Where is Mario most common?
Mario has its strongest geographic signal in Rhode Island, where it appears 6.1× more often than the national baseline.
1897Peak 19802025
Peak year
1980
Decline from peak
75.4%
2025
721
All-time
151,310
Where it lives now
Mario is most concentrated in Texas — about 6.1× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Mario is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.