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Mauro

Mauro means "Italian/Spanish form of Maurus" and comes from Italian, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

ItalianItalian/Spanish form of Maurus
EtymologyMeaning "dark-skinned, Moor"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
115
1920s
291
1930s
245
1940s
267
1950s
336
1960s
409
1970s
537
1980s
616
1990s
916
2000s
1,212
2010s
764
Peaked in the 2000s · 5,708 total U.S. births since 1900