Girl name#65 of girl names
Marie
Pronounced M ER0 IY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
How popular is Marie?
Marie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 542,944 children — the 65th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1920, when 12,765 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M ER0 IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Marie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Marie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Marie?
- Marie ranks 65th among girls' names in US records, with 542,944 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,952.
- Is Marie a unisex name?
- No. Marie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Marie most popular?
- 1920, when 12,765 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.