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How popular is the name Marius?

Births per year, rank history and how many Mariuses are alive today.

Marius (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1466th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 45 babies were given the name, the 731st most popular that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.

The Marius you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Mariuses born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 520 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Marius - on average, only one in every 583 such rooms contains a Marius.

How many babies are named Marius each year?

02040200020201996: 61997: 51998: 111999: 72000: 52001: 112002: 72003: 92004: 102005: 162006: 132007: 122008: 182009: 152010: 172011: 142012: 202013: 102014: 162015: 212016: 202017: 352018: 222019: 452020: 272021: 242022: 172023: 192024: 152025: 18actual

Where does Marius rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,7651997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 1,1881999: ranked 1,6642000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 1,2862002: ranked 1,7992003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,5962005: ranked 1,2462006: ranked 1,4692007: ranked 1,6662008: ranked 1,2942009: ranked 1,4942010: ranked 1,4072011: ranked 1,6002012: ranked 1,2702013: ranked 2,0552014: ranked 1,4862015: ranked 1,2362016: ranked 1,3192017: ranked 8882018: ranked 1,1942019: ranked 7312020: ranked 1,0192021: ranked 1,1392022: ranked 1,4692023: ranked 1,3632024: ranked 1,6752025: ranked 1,466

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Marius per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 45 in 2019
Marius: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Marius most popular?

Marius peaked in 2019, when 45 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Marius?

At least 520 people named Marius born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Marius?

Most living Mariuses are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 8.

Is Marius becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak.






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