# Marie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marie/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɹiː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mareigh |
| US babies named this | 542,270 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,193 / 540,077 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,845, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.

## 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 | 482 | 595 |
| 2012 | 523 | 561 |
| 2013 | 509 | 570 |
| 2014 | 531 | 576 |
| 2015 | 556 | 560 |
| 2016 | 535 | 580 |
| 2017 | 457 | 647 |
| 2018 | 537 | 575 |
| 2019 | 450 | 648 |
| 2020 | 473 | 617 |
| 2021 | 500 | 598 |
| 2022 | 501 | 598 |
| 2023 | 457 | 643 |
| 2024 | 467 | 633 |
| 2025 | 474 | 618 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 23 | 2,207 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,371 |
| 1981 | 17 | 2,743 |
| 1982 | 26 | 2,089 |
| 1983 | 22 | 2,316 |
| 1984 | 23 | 2,271 |
| 1985 | 22 | 2,403 |
| 1986 | 23 | 2,401 |
| 1987 | 24 | 2,371 |
| 1988 | 14 | 3,636 |
| 1989 | 15 | 3,747 |
| 1990 | 16 | 3,715 |
| 1991 | 14 | 4,149 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,323 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,603 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 645 |
| 2012 | 60 | 690 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 50 | 782 |
| 2017 | 39 | 949 |
| 2018 | 44 | 843 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1,017 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 47 | 778 |

## People named Marie

- Maria, wife of Constantine V, Byzantine empress
- Prince Charles Bonaparte, French politician

## 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.