# Marius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,654 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,654 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 485, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Marius, a Roman family name probably derived from Mars. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 2,191 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,253 |
| 2013 | 69 | 2,003 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,605 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,220 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,078 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,081 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,328 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,160 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,364 |
| 2022 | 50 | 2,664 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,526 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,435 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,555 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 45 | 731 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Màrius
- Czech: Marius
- Danish: Marius
- French: Marius
- German: Marius
- Icelandic: Maríus
- Italian: Mario
- Japanese: マリウス
- Norwegian: Marius
- Polish: Mariusz
- Portuguese: Mário
- Spanish: Mario

## People named Marius

- Marius Petipa, French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
- Marius Trésor, French footballer (born 1950)
- Marius Wolf, German footballer
- Marius Jacob, French anarchist (1879–1954)
- Màrius Serra, Catalan writer
- Marius Müller, German footballer (1993–)
- Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and musician
- Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (1883–1969)
- Marius Mouandilmadji, Chadian association football player
- Marius Klumperbeek, Dutch rower
- Marius Constant, French composer (1925-2004)
- Marius Mayrhofer, German cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.