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Marianne

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Bitter

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Marianne

Pronunciation

m(a)-rianne, mari(an)-ne

More about the name

Marianne is a female name. It is the French version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam (מִרְיָם Miryám), Mirjam (Aramaic: Mariam). In late Greek Marianna (Μαριάννα) was used.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1963 (rank #3317, 7 births); most recent 1965 (rank #3536, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #139, 3,023 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1818, 110 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–110
2024–90
2023–104
2022–93
2021–67
2020–90
2019–78
2018–96
2017–74
2016–112

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #508, 54 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2006, 14 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202514
202419
202317
202217
202127
202017
201913
201822
201729
201626

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1958 (rank #78, 1,011 births); most recent 2023 (rank #515, 94 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202394
202282
202198
202088
201978
2018100
201780
2016109
201588
201484

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1981 (rank #193, 32 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20253
20248
2023–
20224
20216
20206
2019–
20188
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #137, 40 births); most recent 2016 (rank #675, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #370, 4 births); most recent 2014 (rank #439, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #102, 39 births); most recent 2019 (rank #664, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence