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How popular is the name Marie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maries are alive today.
Marie (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 778th in 2025 with 47 given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 770 babies were given the name, the 79th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1954, with around 740 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 60,000 babies have been named Marie in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Marie you are most likely to meet is around 70 years old. Half of all Maries born in England and Wales are between 48 and 75, and there are at least 34,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 10% chance that at least one of them will be called Marie.
How many babies are named Marie each year?
Where does Marie rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Marie most popular?
Marie peaked in 1904, when around 770 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Marie?
At least 34,000 people named Marie born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marie?
Most living Maries are between 48 and 75; the most common age is about 70.
Is Marie becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak.