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Marie

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
1890s/1920s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

form of Mary; famously borne by Marie Curie, physicist and chemist, the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences

The story

Marie is the French form of Mary, so woven into French life that for centuries it was given to daughters almost by default, and even to sons as a middle name in pious families. Its greatest bearer redefined what a woman in science could be: Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, who discovered the elements polonium and radium with her husband Pierre and remains the only person ever to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, physics and chemistry. In America, her era was also the name's: Marie sat near the top of the records from the 1890s through the 1920s, then began a long, dignified glide, settling by the 1970s onto a steady plateau it has held ever since. No longer fashionable, no longer fading: simply permanent, like the elements its greatest bearer pulled glowing from the dark.

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Marie across languages

One shared root links 17 names across 9 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Miryam, its meaning long debated; traditional glosses run "bitter" and "beloved", with an Egyptian root meaning "love" also argued

The constellation

MarieFrenchMaryEnglishMariaLatin · SpanishMariWelshMiriamHebrewMaryamArabicMauraIrish
10 more branches of this family
MollyEnglish · short formMollieEnglish · variantPollyEnglish · short formMaureenIrish · diminutiveMarionFrench · diminutiveMarianEnglish · variantMarielEnglish · diminutiveMariellaItalian · diminutiveMariettaItalian · diminutiveMarielaSpanish · diminutive

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How popular is Marie around the world?

In the United States, 2,872 babies were named Marie between 2020 and 2025. In Austria, 516 girls named Marie were born in 2025, the 3rd most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

Marie is on the official records of the United States, Austria, Norway, France, South Australia, Mexico City, Canada, England and Wales, Scotland, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Poland.

United States

1 in 7,600

In the United States, 2,872 babies were named Marie between 2020 and 2025.

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Marie peaked in the 1890s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Austria

1 in 150

In Austria, 516 girls named Marie were born in 2025, the 3rd most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2021

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Norway

1 in 190 · register 2026

In Norway, 138 girls were given the name Marie in 2025.

1945peak 19952025

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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France

1 in 1,300

In France, about 510 girls named Marie were born in 2025, the 101st most common name among girls that year.

peak 19002025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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South Australia

1 in 3,100 · 2017

In South Australia, 6 girls were registered as Marie in 2017.

peak 19452017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Mexico City City

1 in 4,500

In Mexico City, there were 26 registrations of Marie in 2022.

2000peak 20082022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Canada

1 in 5,500

In Canada, 66 girls named Marie were born in 2024, the 448th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 12,000

In England and Wales, 47 girls named Marie were born in 2025, the 778th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19962025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 girls named Marie were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19742024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Chile

1 in 18,000

In Chile, 10 girls were registered as Marie in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 35,000

In Argentina, 19 newborns were given the name Marie in 2024.

2012peak 20202024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Brazil

1 in 45,000

At the 2022 census, 4,509 people in Brazil were named Marie, ranked 2,946th, with a median age of 35.
Among people named Marie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1980s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 465 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 50,000

In Spain, 856 residents are named Marie, ranked 1,637th among women, with a mean age of 44 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Poland

1 in 82,000

In Poland, 3 girls named Marie were born in 2025, the 583rd most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 20062025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Marie is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

peak 19682025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 2008

Marie is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Marie is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

peak 19532025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2021

Marie is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1900peak 19322025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2007

Marie is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 87 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

peak 20002025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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When you meet Marie

People given the name Marie in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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