Marie

#617 for girls in 2025, 474 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 3,595 births
Debut · girls
471 births
In top 100 · girls
78 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
540,077
since 1880

Marie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #7, 1904girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#617474—
2024#632467—
2023#641457—
2022#597501—
2021#598500—
2020#617473—
2019#646450—
2018#575537—
2017#646457—
2016#579535—
2015#560556—
2014#576531—
2013#569509—
2012#561523—
2011#595482—
2010#561518—
2009#566540—
2008#543567—
2007#554552—
2006#565521—
2005#507591—
2004#486605—
2003#500574—
2002#425685—
2001#399729—
2000#374785—
1999#358827—
1998#363794—
1997#350792—
1996#343812#7,9716
1995#319854—
1994#300919—
1993#2641,054—
1992#2371,163#8,4355
1991#2241,265#4,00514
1990#2131,343#3,60716
1989#1951,377#3,61815
1988#1911,437#3,52314
1987#1831,499#2,33324
1986#1761,524#2,36023
1985#1781,511#2,35722
1984#1731,588#2,23223
1983#1611,749#2,27222
1982#1541,922#2,05926
1981#1431,990#2,68017
1980#1451,945#4,1349
1979#1491,877#2,15723
1978#1481,862#3,61410
1977#1491,913#2,66516
1976#1491,746#2,94613
1975#1641,632#2,28819
1974#1761,508#2,45916
1973#1691,618#2,31117
1972#1671,764#2,53414
1971#1572,006#2,05220
1970#1542,184#1,93921
1969#1452,250#3,0629
1968#1352,375#2,57611
1967#1262,738#1,75820
1966#1143,082#2,9868
1965#1063,487#1,91817
1964#1103,789#2,40912
1963#1094,006#1,90218
1962#1134,024#1,96217
1961#1094,342#1,87619
1960#1034,719#2,12115
1959#1044,684#1,91618
1958#1064,488#1,76620
1957#984,862#2,19014
1956#964,794#1,94517
1955#924,925#1,84518
1954#795,310#2,11414
1953#864,955#2,03815
1952#824,977#2,01015
1951#785,046#2,49510
1950#725,222#2,20712
1949#675,306#3,0197
1948#605,786#1,75818
1947#576,057#1,98815
1946#545,758#1,81316
1945#495,084#1,44521
1944#485,297#1,28227
1943#455,980#1,28029
1942#436,559#1,16735
1941#426,152#1,15233
1940#415,542#1,33425
1939#375,890#1,10334
1938#375,958#1,14932
1937#356,075#1,09435
1936#336,132#1,06836
1935#336,292#1,22630
1934#346,326#1,09236
1933#336,242#1,15932
1932#316,913#1,14135
1931#277,549#99744
1930#268,426#1,23533
1929#229,158#1,01045
1928#219,286#1,11140
1927#2010,317#1,04145
1926#1810,629#90255
1925#1610,930#1,20135
1924#1411,575#1,22335
1923#1411,513#1,19436
1922#1411,912#1,28232
1921#1412,501#1,17837
1920#1312,743#1,30031
1919#1212,008#1,13937
1918#1212,589#1,40426
1917#1211,813#1,32227
1916#1211,682#1,20630
1915#1111,363#1,06836
1914#108,829#1,05429
1913#107,353#77737
1912#106,642#1,02320
1911#95,017#73219
1910#94,790#67719
1909#94,301#75614
1908#104,076#56620
1907#103,880#63416
1906#113,690#61315
1905#93,643#8369
1904#73,595#8748
1903#73,469#73410
1902#83,424#55615
1901#73,157#59612
1900#93,856#60317
1899#83,156#7149
1898#93,435#70110
1897#93,078#61512
1896#93,087#9007
1895#93,011#7389
1894#102,649#8577
1893#192,212#65010
1892#212,066#9566
1891#281,596#6359
1890#281,563#6679
1889#301,436#7228
1888#401,258#7558
1887#43994—
1886#44988—
1885#42885#9365
1884#49746—
1883#53622—
1882#52591—
1881#54499—
1880#55471—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marie was already there! It came in at #55, and was given to 471 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2003–2025, when fewer than 610 girls a year got the name.

Where Marie is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Marie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#632 → #617)
  • Same as 2020 (#617)
  • 57 spots since 2015 (#560 → #617)
  • Biggest jump: 71 spots in 2018 (#646 → #575)
  • Biggest drop: 75 spots in 2003 (#425 → #500)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #7 (3,595 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 68 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: 20 yrs · run 1894–1905
  • Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 74
  • Highest: 1 in 74 girls born in 1899 were named Marie (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,391 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #7 in 1904, was only 1 in 77 (1.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all girls named Marie (110,564) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8,490#30 (1889)#46
1890s25,853#8 (1899)#15
1900s37,091#7 (1904)#9
1910s92,086#9 (1911)#11
1920s110,564#13 (1920)#17
1930s65,803#26 (1930)#33
1940s57,521#41 (1940)#51
1950s49,263#72 (1950)#89
1960s34,812#103 (1960)#117
1970s18,110#148 (1978)#158
1980s16,542#143 (1981)#170
1990s9,823#213 (1990)#297
2000s6,149#374 (2000)#492
2010s5,098#560 (2015)#587
2020s2,872#597 (2022)#617

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marie in 1888

girls
#40
1,258 births · 1 in 142 girls
boys
#755
8 births · 1 in 15,107 boys

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #40Marie1,258

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #755Marie8
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 142 of them was named Marie, which outranked 97.3% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marie
  1. #36Jennie1,298
  2. #38Julia1,292
  3. #39Mattie1,268
  4. #40Marie1,258
  5. #41Lillie1,249
  6. #42Catherine1,212
  7. #43Jessie1,200
Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 15,107 of them was named Marie, which outranked 35.9% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marie
  1. #704Verner9
  2. #704Wellington9
  3. #704Williams9
  4. #755Marie8
  5. #755Abel8
  6. #755Anastacio8
  7. #755Angel8
  8. #815Alfonso7
  9. #815Alger7
  10. #815Alois7

Tied with 59 names at #755; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →