Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Marianne name popularity since 1925
63,022 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marianne. Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Marianne is about 70 years old in 2026. Marianne peaked in 1957 as the #139 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 63,022
- Named Marianne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,828 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 62,973 girls · 49 boys
- Most popular in
- New Jersey
- 2.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Marianne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marianne births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Marianne both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Marianne became 3.5× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 5,110 to 1 in 10,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marianne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marianne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marianne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,726 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 6,610 | 0 | #248 |
| 1940s | 11,946 | 6 | #180 |
| 1950s | 18,480 | 18 | #191 |
| 1960s | 11,948 | 25 | #253 |
| 1970s | 4,730 | 0 | #476 |
| 1980s | 3,292 | 0 | #579 |
| 1990s | 1,577 | 0 | #1,151 |
| 2000s | 1,147 | 0 | #1,828 |
| 2010s | 963 | 0 | #1,993 |
| 2020–25 | 554 | 0 | #1,828 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.9% of babies named Marianne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Marianne is most popular
The index compares Marianne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marianne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 2.37× | 3,845 |
| Massachusetts | 2.28× | 3,202 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.19× | 6,559 |
| New York | 2.10× | 9,410 |
| Connecticut | 2.04× | 1,306 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marianne and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Marianne (this page) | 62,973 | 1957 |
| Maryanne | 13,557 | 1942 |
| Mariann | 6,939 | 1957 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marianne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marianne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marianne (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data