Annemarie
Feminine · “grace”
Annemarie is two of the oldest women's names in Christian Europe written as one word, and the pairing is not an American invention — German, Dutch and Danish families have been doing it for centuries.
How old is the name Annemarie?
Annemarie first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Annemarie alive today was born around 1976, making them about 49 years old. About 11,500 people named Annemarie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annemarie most popular?
Annemarie peaked in 1968, reaching #500 nationally. Today it ranks #2933, 2,433 places below that high. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Channah to Annemarie
The story of Annemarie
German and Dutch naming has long joined two names into one, written closed up and used as a single unit — Annemarie, Annelies, Marielle, Rosemarie. The pairing of Anne and Marie carries a particular weight in Catholic tradition, since Anne is the name given to Mary's mother, so the compound names mother and daughter together. It reached the United States with German and Dutch families and became more widely used in the middle of the twentieth century, sometimes written as two words and sometimes hyphenated.
Meaningscholars disagree
grace, and a name whose meaning is unsettled
Anne is Hebrew Channah, 'favor, grace', and that half is settled. Marie is the French Mary, from Miriam, whose meaning has never been established — 'bitter', 'beloved' and an Egyptian source have all been argued for it. So one half is certain and the other is genuinely open, which is a fair description of a great many compound names.
How the name formed
- Channah
- Anna
- Anne
- Annemarie
Related forms: Annemarie · Annemarie · Anne-Marie · Annemarie
Pronouncing Annemarie
an-uh-muh-REE
Four syllables with the stress on the last. German says AH-nuh-mah-ree with the stress at the front instead, and both are heard in American families depending on where the name came from.
Nicknames for Annemarie
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 1964345 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #500reached in 1968
- Change vs 2023
- −10.9%57 in 2025, from 64
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annemarie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Annemarie in German — same name
- Annemarie in Dutch — same name
- Anne-Marie in French — spelling variant
- Annemarie in Danish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Annemaries among us
people named Annemarie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 28,198 born in 2025 was named Annemarie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Doretha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annemarie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Doretha climbed just as high around 1932, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Doretha's path sketches the road Annemarie is walking now.
Annemarie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Annemarie is headed
Annemarie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Annemarie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annemarie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are among the most-used names in European history.
- Annie, Ann and Marie are three ready short forms with different registers.
- Four syllables give it formality, with everyday forms immediately available.
- Annemarie, Anne-Marie, Anna-Maria and Annamarie all circulate, including hyphenated and split.
- The stress falls differently in German and English, so the child will hear two versions.
- American forms split compound names badly, putting the second half in the wrong field.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annemaries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,500 people named Annemarie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Annemarie in 2025?
- Annemarie ranks #2933 among US girl names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annemarie?
- About 1 in every 28,198 US girls born in 2025 was named Annemarie — 57 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annemarie with classmates?
- Annemarie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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