girls' name ★ peaked 1920

Marie

Meaning The French Marie, equivalent of Mary Gender Girl Rank 2025 #618 Trend → Stable

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

Rank 2025
#618
among girls · ↑15 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
474
named Marie · +1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,391
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1920
12,774 babies
All-time total
542,270
#57 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Marie popularity over time

542,270 babies have been named Marie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
3.757.511.251518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 8,490 21 8,511 851 – #30
1890s 25,853 88 25,941 2,594 +205% #8
1900s 37,091 136 37,227 3,723 +44% #7
1910s 92,086 280 92,366 9,237 +148% #9
1920s 110,564 391 110,955 11,096 +20% #13
1930s 65,803 347 66,150 6,615 -40% #26
1940s 57,521 226 57,747 5,775 -13% #41
1950s 49,263 153 49,416 4,942 -14% #72
1960s 34,812 146 34,958 3,496 -29% #103
1970s 18,110 169 18,279 1,828 -48% #148
1980s 16,542 195 16,737 1,674 -8% #143
1990s 9,823 41 9,864 986 -41% #213
2000s 6,149 – 6,149 615 -38% #374
2010s 5,098 – 5,098 510 -17% #560
2020s (to 2025) 2,872 – 2,872 479 -6% #598

Where Marie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 473 0.29 outside top 500
2027 472 0.29 outside top 500
2028 472 0.29 outside top 500
2029 471 0.29 outside top 500
2030 471 0.29 outside top 500

Where Marie is most popular

Girls named Marie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.296 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Alaska, and Louisiana.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Marie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 10 0.844 +185%
Alaska 7 0.813 +175%
Louisiana 65 0.743 +151%
New Mexico 17 0.699 +136%
Minnesota 68 0.630 +113%
Iowa 32 0.548 +85%
Pennsylvania 121 0.512 +73%
Maryland 54 0.510 +72%
Kansas 29 0.503 +70%
Indiana 70 0.499 +69%
Washington 68 0.471 +59%
Connecticut 27 0.464 +57%
Virginia 78 0.458 +55%
Colorado 51 0.457 +55%
Missouri 54 0.448 +52%
Ohio 106 0.447 +51%
Illinois 99 0.432 +46%
Wisconsin 43 0.417 +41%
Utah 34 0.409 +38%
Maine 6 0.388 +31%
Michigan 65 0.357 +21%
South Dakota 5 0.350 +18%
California 283 0.337 +14%
Arizona 47 0.335 +13%
Idaho 11 0.329 +11%
North Carolina 72 0.316 +7%
Kentucky 26 0.304 ≈ national
Tennessee 48 0.303 ≈ national
Oklahoma 22 0.299 ≈ national
Georgia 67 0.295 ≈ national
Massachusetts 35 0.289 ≈ national
Alabama 27 0.288 ≈ national
Florida 114 0.266 -10%
New Jersey 45 0.249 -16%
New York 98 0.247 -16%
South Carolina 21 0.234 -21%
Texas 187 0.232 -21%
Arkansas 10 0.189 -36%
Oregon 5 0.077 -74%
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Marie

Marie is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #618 in 2025 with 474 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 542,270 American babies have been named Marie. Its peak came in 1920, when 12,774 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1920s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Marie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Marie?

The median living Marie is about 67 years old; half are between 49 and 78. An estimated 188 thousand people named Marie are alive in the United States today.

median 67 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Marie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 474 #618 – –
2024 467 #633 – –
2023 457 #643 – –
2022 501 #598 – –
2021 500 #598 – –
2020 473 #617 – –
2019 450 #648 – –
2018 537 #575 – –
2017 457 #647 – –
2016 535 #580 – –
2015 556 #560 – –
2014 531 #576 – –
2013 509 #570 – –
2012 523 #561 – –
2011 482 #595 – –
2010 518 #563 – –
2009 540 #567 – –
2008 567 #543 – –
2007 552 #555 – –
2006 521 #566 – –
2005 591 #507 – –
2004 605 #486 – –
2003 574 #500 – –
2002 685 #425 – –
2001 729 #400 – –
2000 785 #374 – –
1995 854 #319 – –
1990 1,343 #213 16 #3,715
1985 1,511 #178 22 #2,403
1980 1,945 #145 9 #4,371
1975 1,632 #164 19 #2,330
1970 2,184 #154 21 #1,967
1965 3,487 #106 17 #1,969
1960 4,719 #103 15 #2,175
1955 4,925 #92 18 #1,886
1950 5,222 #72 12 #2,285
1945 5,084 #49 21 #1,479
1940 5,542 #41 25 #1,355
1935 6,292 #33 30 #1,243
1930 8,426 #26 33 #1,249
1925 10,930 #16 35 #1,215
1920 12,743 #13 31 #1,312
1915 11,363 #11 36 #1,078
1910 4,790 #9 19 #695
1905 3,643 #9 9 #889
1900 3,856 #9 17 #616
1895 3,011 #9 9 #778
1890 1,563 #28 9 #715
1885 885 #42 5 #1,033
1880 471 #55 – –

Famous people named Marie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Queen of France from 1774 to 1792 1755–1793 · 18th century
  2. 2 Marie Curie Marie Curie Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934) 19th century
  3. 3 Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814 1791–1847 · 18th century
  4. 4 Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici Queen of France from 1600 to 1610 1575–1642 · 16th century
  5. 5 Marie Thérèse of France Marie Thérèse of France French Madame Royale (1778–1851) 18th century
  6. 6 Marie of Romania Marie of Romania Queen of Romania from 1914 to 1927 1875–1938 · 19th century
  7. 7 Marie Leszczyńska Marie Leszczyńska Queen of France from 1725 to 1768 1703–1768 · 18th century
  8. 8 Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe Princesse de Lamballe 1749–1792 · 18th century
  9. 9 Marie Tussaud Marie Tussaud French wax museum founder (1761–1850) 18th century
  10. 10 Marie Joséphine of Savoy Marie Joséphine of Savoy Countess of Provence 1753–1810 · 18th century
  11. 11 Marie Henriette of Austria Marie Henriette of Austria Queen of the Belgians from 1865 to 1902 1836–1902 · 19th century
  12. 12 Marie Adélaïde of Savoy Marie Adélaïde of Savoy Dauphine of France (1685–1712) 17th century
  13. 13 Marie of France, Countess of Champagne Marie of France, Countess of Champagne Countess consort of Champagne 1145–1198 · Medieval
  14. 14 Marie Laforêt Marie Laforêt French singer and actress (1939–2019) Contemporary
  15. 15 Marie de France Marie de France Medieval French poet 1101–1300 · Medieval
  16. 16 Marie Walewska Marie Walewska Polish countess (1787–1817) 1786–1817 · 18th century
  17. 17 Marie d'Agoult Marie d'Agoult Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805–1876) 19th century
  18. 18 Marie of Anjou Marie of Anjou Queen of France (1422 - 1461) 1404–1463 · Medieval
  19. 19 Marie of Prussia Marie of Prussia Queen of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864 1825–1889 · 19th century
  20. 20 Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans Duchess of Berry (1695–1719) 17th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Marie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Marie?

The median living Marie is about 67 years old. Half of all living Maries are between 49 and 78 years old.

How many people named Marie are alive today?

An estimated 188 thousand people named Marie are alive in the United States, based on 542,270 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Marie mean?

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

How popular is the name Marie in 2025?

Marie ranked #618 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 474 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Marie?

542,270 babies have been named Marie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Marie most popular?

Marie peaked in 1920, when 12,774 newborns received the name.

Is Marie a boy or girl name?

Marie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Marie rising or falling?

Marie has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Marie become more popular?

Marie looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 471 girls named Marie in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Marie?

Well-known people named Marie include Marie Antoinette (nobleman), Marie Curie (physicist), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (companion).

Names like Marie

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