Marie
Marie was given to 474 girls in 2025, #618 among girls’ names; 542,270 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 174,000 Americans named Marie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 49 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marie is “a female given name from Hebrew.”
The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.
/məˈɹiː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marie?
#618 among girls’ names, 2025
Marie fell from #560 in 2015 to #618 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.31 to 0.29 per 1,000.
12,774 babies in 1920, the peak
Marie peaked in 1920, when 12,774 babies were given it (12,743 girls, #13 among girls’ names). The 474 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 474 | #618 | 0.29 |
| 2024 | 467 | #633 | 0.29 |
| 2023 | 457 | #643 | 0.28 |
| 2022 | 501 | #598 | 0.31 |
| 2021 | 500 | #598 | 0.30 |
| 2020 | 473 | #617 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 450 | #648 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 537 | #575 | 0.32 |
| 2017 | 457 | #647 | 0.26 |
| 2016 | 535 | #580 | 0.30 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 556 | #560 | 0.31 |
| 2014 | 531 | #576 | 0.30 |
| 2013 | 509 | #570 | 0.29 |
| 2012 | 523 | #561 | 0.30 |
| 2011 | 482 | #595 | 0.27 |
| 2010 | 518 | #563 | 0.29 |
| 2009 | 540 | #567 | 0.29 |
| 2008 | 567 | #543 | 0.30 |
| 2007 | 552 | #555 | 0.29 |
| 2006 | 521 | #566 | 0.27 |
| 2005 | 591 | #507 | 0.32 |
| 2004 | 605 | #486 | 0.33 |
| 2003 | 574 | #500 | 0.31 |
| 2002 | 685 | #425 | 0.38 |
| 2001 | 729 | #400 | 0.40 |
| 2000 | 785 | #374 | 0.43 |
| 1999 | 827 | #358 | 0.47 |
| 1998 | 794 | #363 | 0.45 |
| 1997 | 792 | #350 | 0.45 |
| 1996 | 812 | #343 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 854 | #319 | 0.49 |
| 1994 | 919 | #300 | 0.51 |
| 1993 | 1,054 | #264 | 0.58 |
| 1992 | 1,163 | #237 | 0.63 |
| 1991 | 1,265 | #224 | 0.67 |
| 1990 | 1,343 | #213 | 0.71 |
| 1989 | 1,377 | #195 | 0.75 |
| 1988 | 1,437 | #191 | 0.81 |
| 1987 | 1,499 | #183 | 0.86 |
| 1986 | 1,524 | #176 | 0.89 |
| 1985 | 1,511 | #178 | 0.88 |
| 1984 | 1,588 | #173 | 0.94 |
| 1983 | 1,749 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 1,922 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 1,990 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 1,945 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 1,877 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,862 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 1,913 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 1,746 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 1,632 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1974 | 1,508 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,618 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1972 | 1,764 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 2,006 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 2,184 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 2,250 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 2,375 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 2,738 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1966 | 3,082 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 1965 | 3,487 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1964 | 3,789 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 1963 | 4,006 | #109 | 2.1 |
| 1962 | 4,024 | #113 | 2.0 |
| 1961 | 4,342 | #109 | 2.2 |
| 1960 | 4,719 | #103 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | 4,684 | #104 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 4,488 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1957 | 4,862 | #98 | 2.4 |
| 1956 | 4,794 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 4,925 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1954 | 5,310 | #79 | 2.7 |
| 1953 | 4,955 | #86 | 2.6 |
| 1952 | 4,977 | #82 | 2.7 |
| 1951 | 5,046 | #78 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 5,222 | #72 | 3.0 |
| 1949 | 5,306 | #67 | 3.1 |
| 1948 | 5,786 | #60 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 6,057 | #57 | 3.4 |
| 1946 | 5,758 | #54 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 5,084 | #49 | 3.9 |
| 1944 | 5,297 | #48 | 4.0 |
| 1943 | 5,980 | #45 | 4.3 |
| 1942 | 6,559 | #43 | 4.9 |
| 1941 | 6,152 | #42 | 5.1 |
| 1940 | 5,542 | #41 | 4.8 |
| 1939 | 5,890 | #37 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 5,958 | #37 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 6,075 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1936 | 6,132 | #33 | 5.9 |
| 1935 | 6,292 | #33 | 6.0 |
| 1934 | 6,326 | #34 | 6.1 |
| 1933 | 6,242 | #33 | 6.2 |
| 1932 | 6,913 | #31 | 6.5 |
| 1931 | 7,549 | #27 | 7.1 |
| 1930 | 8,426 | #26 | 7.5 |
| 1929 | 9,158 | #22 | 8.2 |
| 1928 | 9,286 | #21 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 10,317 | #20 | 8.7 |
| 1926 | 10,629 | #18 | 9.0 |
| 1925 | 10,930 | #16 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 11,575 | #14 | 9.3 |
| 1923 | 11,513 | #14 | 9.5 |
| 1922 | 11,912 | #14 | 9.9 |
| 1921 | 12,501 | #14 | 10.1 |
| 1920 | 12,743 | #13 | 10.6 |
| 1919 | 12,008 | #12 | 10.6 |
| 1918 | 12,589 | #12 | 10.9 |
| 1917 | 11,813 | #12 | 10.9 |
| 1916 | 11,682 | #12 | 11.2 |
| 1915 | 11,363 | #11 | 11.5 |
| 1914 | 8,829 | #10 | 11.6 |
| 1913 | 7,353 | #10 | 11.8 |
| 1912 | 6,642 | #10 | 11.9 |
| 1911 | 5,017 | #9 | 12.0 |
| 1910 | 4,790 | #9 | 12.1 |
| 1909 | 4,301 | #9 | 12.4 |
| 1908 | 4,076 | #10 | 12.2 |
| 1907 | 3,880 | #10 | 12.2 |
| 1906 | 3,690 | #11 | 12.5 |
| 1905 | 3,643 | #9 | 12.5 |
| 1904 | 3,595 | #7 | 13.1 |
| 1903 | 3,469 | #7 | 13.2 |
| 1902 | 3,424 | #8 | 13.0 |
| 1901 | 3,157 | #7 | 13.2 |
| 1900 | 3,856 | #9 | 12.9 |
| 1899 | 3,156 | #8 | 13.5 |
| 1898 | 3,435 | #9 | 13.3 |
| 1897 | 3,078 | #9 | 13.1 |
| 1896 | 3,087 | #9 | 13.0 |
| 1895 | 3,011 | #9 | 12.9 |
| 1894 | 2,649 | #10 | 11.9 |
| 1893 | 2,212 | #19 | 10.4 |
| 1892 | 2,066 | #21 | 9.7 |
| 1891 | 1,596 | #28 | 8.6 |
| 1890 | 1,563 | #28 | 8.2 |
| 1889 | 1,436 | #30 | 8.1 |
| 1888 | 1,258 | #40 | 7.0 |
| 1887 | 994 | #43 | 6.8 |
| 1886 | 988 | #44 | 6.8 |
| 1885 | 885 | #42 | 6.7 |
| 1884 | 746 | #49 | 5.8 |
| 1883 | 622 | #53 | 5.5 |
| 1882 | 591 | #53 | 5.5 |
| 1881 | 499 | #54 | 5.4 |
| 1880 | 471 | #55 | 5.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marie has been given almost only to girls: 2,193 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marie, and how old are they?
174,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 542,270 Americans ever recorded as Marie. The median Marie alive today is 66 years old; half are between 49 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 264,225 people named Marie (263,654 women and girls, 571 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 207,337 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 32,300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 71,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 31,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 21,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,970 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,410 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marie born?
The states with the most babies named Marie are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 67,092 | #776 | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 46,891 | #505 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 24,963 | #591 | 1.0× |
| California | 24,214 | #572 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 24,114 | #756 | 1.7× |
| Massachusetts | 20,935 | #601 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 18,080 | #924 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 18,026 | #551 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 15,571 | #794 | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 13,215 | #413 | 1.3× |
Where Marie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marie is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 5,430,295 babies since 1880, Marie is the third most given (10.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 474 of their 6,979 babies (6.8%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marie and names like it
- Compare Marie and MaryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMarie peaked in 1920.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marie since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Marie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Marie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.