Marie
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About Marie
The ubiquitous French version of Mary came into the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century. In the United States, Marie was a huge hit at the turn of the last century and for the ensuing fifty years, becoming the seventh most popular name in the country for three years, from 1901 to 1904.
Now, though, Marie sounds more dated than either Mary or Maria, though it once rivaled both. Even its days as a widely-used middle name have passed. The freshest way to use Marie today may be as the first part of a traditional French double name: Marie-Christine, Marie-Claude, and so on, or the French diminutive Manon.
There have been countless notable Maries over the years, from French Queen Marie Antoinette to physicist Marie Curie to singer Marie Osmond (born Olive Marie).
Marie is the French form of Maria, which ultimately was derived from the Hebrew name Maryam/Mariam. The original meaning of Maryam is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).
As of October 2026, Marie ranked #618 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #7 in 1903, Nameberry popularity #225.
Editor's take: The name Marie is a girl's name of Hebrew, French origin meaning "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #577 | 530 | 296.7 |
| 2015 | #560 | 556 | 311.5 |
| 2016 | #580 | 535 | 301.9 |
| 2017 | #647 | 457 | 264.7 |
| 2018 | #575 | 537 | 315.7 |
| 2019 | #649 | 449 | 267.5 |
| 2020 | #617 | 473 | 292.6 |
| 2021 | #598 | 500 | 304.7 |
| 2022 | #599 | 500 | 304.9 |
| 2023 | #641 | 457 | 284.8 |
| 2024 | #639 | 461 | 284.5 |
| 2025 | #618 | 474 | 294.9 |
World rankings
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Marie on lists
Famous Maries
- Marie Antoinette (born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna)
Queen consort of Louis XVI of France
- Marie Louise (born Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha Lucia)
Duchess of Parma, Empress consort of Napoleon I of France
- (Maximilianne Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie) Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
birth name of Maria Alexandrovna, Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia
- Marie
José Charlotte Sophie Amélie Henriette Gabrielle, last Queen of Italy as wife of Umberto II
- Marie de' Medici
Queen consort of Henry IV of France
- Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh
Queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania
- Marie (Adélaïde) Clotilde Xavière
Queen consort of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia
- Marie Thérèse Charlotte
Madame Royale, Queen consort of Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (for 20 minutes)
- Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja "Marie" Leszczyaska
Queen consort of Louis XV of France
- Marie Curie (born Maria Salomea Sklodowska)
Polish,French physicist
- (Olive) Marie Osmond
American singer
- Mary "Marie" Cahill
American actress and singer
- Marie Catherine Laveau
American voodoo queen
- Marie Prevost
Canadian actress
- Marie de France
French,English medieval poet
- Marie Lu (Xiwei)
American novelist
- (Gun
)Marie Fredriksson, Swedish pop singer of duo Roxette
- Katherine Elizabeth "Marie" Wilson
American actress
- Marie
Eve Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
- Marie
France Dubreuil, Canadian ice dancer
- Marie
Jade Lauriault, Canadian ice dancer who competes for France
- Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén
Danish painter
- Marie Taglioni
Swedish ballet dancer
- Marie Avgeropolous
Canadian actress
- Marie Eleonor Serneholt
Swedish pop singer of the A*Teens
- Marie Helvin
Japanese,British,American model
- Marie Lloyd
stage name of Matilda Alice Victoria Wood, English music hall singer
- Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber)
Canadian actress
- Marie Reilly
Irish singer of group Cherish The Ladies
- Marie
Eve Nault, Canadian soccer player
- Marie
Elise Akouavi Gbèdo, Beninese politican
- Marieanne Spacey
English footballer
- Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant and author and the inventor of the KonMari method
- Marie Elisabet Ledin
Swedish music publisher and author, wife of musician Tomas Ledin
- Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz
Princess Michael of Kent
- Marie Nikolaevna Romanov
Grand Duchess of Russia, third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
- Marie of France
Countess of Champagne
- Marie Adélaïde
Princess of Savoy, wife of Louis, Dauphin of France
- Marie Luise Alexandrine Karoline
Princess of Hohenzollern,Sigmaringen
- Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore of Mecklenburg
Schwerin, Duchess of Russia
- Marie Joséphine Louise of Savoy
wife of the future King Louis XVIII of France
- Victor Marie Hugo
(male) author of the novel Les Miserables and other classics
- Jean
Marie Loret (male), a French railway worker, the son of Adolf Hitler
- Jean
Marie Le Pen (male), a French politician
- Jean
Marie Leclair (male), a Baroque violinist and composer, considered to have founded the French violin school
Marie in pop culture
- Marie Stahlbaum
heroine of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"
- Marie
little white kitten in Disney's "The Aristocats"
- Marie Barone
character on TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Marie Schrader
character on TV series "Breaking Bad"
- Marie
character in manga/anime "Soul Eater"
- Marie Idaho
character in video game "The Sims 3" Moonlight Bay
- Anna Marie D'Ancanto
also known as Rogue, character from Marvel Universe
- Marie de St. Caux
character in G. A. Henty's "In the Reign of Terror"
- Elena Marie Gilbert
lead character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- Marie
Laure LeBlanc, one of the main protagonists along with Werner Pfennig in 'All The Light We Cannot See'
- Marie Kanker
antagonist of "Ed, Edd n Eddy"
- "Oh Marie
" song by Sheryl Crow
- "Marie Christine
" song by Gordon Lightfoot
- Marie Callender's
restaurant and frozen food
- Marie Claire
women's magazine
- Marie
Grace Gardner, character in the American Girl doll series
- 'The Day I Met Marie'
song by Cliff Richard