boys:
9.7k births since 1896
#1192 (74th percentile)
overall:
9.7k births since 1896
#2722 (65th percentile)
The name Mariano is the #2,722 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,697 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 64.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,192 (74.0% percentile) for all time with 9,697 births since 1896.
Mariano first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (first recorded for boys in 1896). Birth data for Mariano is available in 123 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Mariano reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 23.2% percentile (ranked #678) with 96 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 115 births per million (ranked 22.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mariano is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #714 (21.6% percentile) with 110 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mariano".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Mariano. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.4% confident that Mariano is pronounced as mah-ree-AH-noh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is meh-ree-AH-noh, at 18.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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