Marie

Where Marie comes from

The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marie
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #55 among girls — 471 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1904
    Peak, #7
    3,595 babies named Marie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #167.
  4. 1984
    Marie Kondō born
    Japanese organizing consultant, author and television show host
  5. 1985
    Marie Miyake born
    Japanese voice actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Marie Kondō · Japanese organizing consultant, author and television show host, born 1984
  • Marie Miyake · Japanese voice actress, born 1985
  • Marie Kai · Japanese actor, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.