Male name
Mariano
10,077 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 2022. Expression number: 8.
Origin
Derives from the Latin Marianus, devoted to Maria.Translated by Arcanes from the Italian Wikizionario, entry “Mariano”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 2022: 215 births. 10,077 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1980s to the 2020s. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 972 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 9,411 | 2012–2023 | — |
| France | 1,635 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 494* | 1915–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
4 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 5 + 6 = 35 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 9 + 1 + 6 = 17 → 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
4 + 9 + 5 = 18 → 9
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.