Marie

Meaning: Bitter; or possibly rebellion/disobedience
Origin: Variant of Maria · Hebrew roots; debated (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #618 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Marie belongs to an older America first — it reached #7 back in 1901 — yet it still appears in today's records at #618. About 540,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Marie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Marie is especially popular in Austria.

#3 in Austria (2025) · #22 in Czechia (2025) · #32 in Denmark (2025) · #34 in Belgium (2025) · #45 in Norway (2025) · #75 in Netherlands (2025) · #101 in France (2025) · #158 in Switzerland (2025) · #699 in Sweden (2025) · #717 in Scotland (2025) · #788 in England & Wales (2025) · #931 in Ecuador (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Maries

Marie Curie — Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
Marie Antoinette — Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach — Austrian writer (1830–1916)
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma — Empress Consort of the French from 1810 to 1814 and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from 1814 to 1847
Marie de' Medici — Queen of France (1575–1642); second wife of King Henry IV of France

In stories & tradition

Marie Schrader — Breaking Bad (TV series)
Marie Rose — Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (video game)
Marie Horton — Days of Our Lives (TV series)

What Maries become

Among 7,512 notable people named Marie:

Artists & writers appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (1830–1916).

Similar names: Mariah · Elsa · Martha · Carrie · Anne · Ariah

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