Marius
Marius is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. Its best rank was 964th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200480 births
- Best rank
- #964in 1881
- Since 1881
- 2,602people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,602 boys have been named Marius in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 80 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2010s alone account for 24%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marius | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 79 | |
| 1920s | 82 | |
| 1930s | 66 | |
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 89 | |
| 1960s | 89 | |
| 1970s | 249 | |
| 1980s | 182 | |
| 1990s | 257 | |
| 2000s | 599 | |
| 2010s | 613 | |
| 2020s | 263 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Marius was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Marius
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Israelpeak 2007
- Obedpeak 2005
- Natepeak 2007
- Adrienpeak 2009
- Patriciopeak 2009
- Vladimirpeak 2016
- Jacobopeak 2023
- Marcellopeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.