# Marianne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marianne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌmɛɹiˈæn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 65,569 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 65,520 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 925, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Marianne.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 1,837 |
| 2012 | 96 | 2,022 |
| 2013 | 90 | 2,120 |
| 2014 | 107 | 1,886 |
| 2015 | 100 | 1,993 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,850 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,453 |
| 2018 | 96 | 2,038 |
| 2019 | 78 | 2,320 |
| 2020 | 90 | 2,057 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,603 |
| 2022 | 93 | 2,079 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,916 |
| 2024 | 90 | 2,130 |
| 2025 | 110 | 1,828 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 6 | 3,371 |
| 1954 | 6 | 3,683 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,445 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,300 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,557 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,428 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,536 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,783 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 32 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 30 | 1,139 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,184 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,224 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Marianne

- Marianne Faithfull, English singer and actress (1946–2025)
- Marianne Moore, American poet (1887–1972)
- Marianne Williamson, American political activist
- Marianne Vos, Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, British actress
- Marianne North, English philanthropist, painter, biologist and botanical artist (1830-1890)
- Marianne Hainisch, Austrian women's rights activist (1839–1936)
- Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Dutch royal; youngest child of King William I of the Netherlands and Princess Wilhelmine o
- Marianne Koch, German actress
- Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
- Marianne Thieme, Dutch animal rights activist and politician (born 1972)
- Marianne Brandt, German artist and designer (1893–1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.