boys:
2.5k births since 1881
#2505 (45th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1881
#5300 (32nd percentile)
The name Marius is the #5,300 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,544 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 31.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,505 (45.4% percentile) for all time with 2,544 births since 1881.
Marius first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for boys in 1881). Birth data for Marius is available in 103 out of the 143 years between 1881 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, Marius reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #751) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Marius ranks #883 for boys (3.1% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 39.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marius".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marius. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.7% confident that Marius is pronounced as MAH-ree-uhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ree-uhs, at 45.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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