Marrie
Feminine · “A spelling of Mary or Marie”
Marrie is Marie or Mary written with a doubled r, a spelling from the end of the nineteenth century. For most Americans it sounds exactly like Mary, because most Americans say Mary, marry and merry the same way.
How old is the name Marrie?
Marrie first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Marrie alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 200 people named Marrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marrie most popular?
Marrie peaked in 1894, reaching #1061 nationally. See the whole 1894 chart.
Where it comes from
From Miryam to Marrie
The story of Marrie
In much of the eastern United States and in Britain, Mary, marry and merry are three different vowels; in most of the rest of America they have merged into one, so Marrie, Mary and Merry sound alike. The French Marie has its own famous American bearer: Marie Laveau, a free woman of color in nineteenth-century New Orleans, worked as a hairdresser to the city's wealthy families and became the most famous practitioner of Voodoo in its history; her tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is still visited every day.
Meaning
A spelling of Mary or Marie
Mary comes from Hebrew Miryam through Greek and Latin; its original meaning is disputed. Marrie is a spelling of the name.
How the name formed
- Miryam
- Maria
- Marie
- Marrie
Related forms: Marie · Mary · María
Pronouncing Marrie
MAIR-ee
Said like Mary in most of America; in parts of the East and in Britain the doubled r suggests the vowel of marry.
Nicknames for Marrie
Limited
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
- 1894
- Most girls named
- 191926 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1061reached in 1894
- Change vs 1989
- −16.7%5 in 1992, from 6
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.
Marrie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marie in French — same name
- Mary in English — same name
- María in Spanish — same name
Marries among us
people named Marrie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Marrie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Mary or Marie, names everyone knows.
- Short and easy to say.
- Very rare in this spelling.
- People will write Mary or Marie.
- The spelling looks like the verb marry, which will draw comments.
- It reads as a nineteenth-century name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Marrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marrie in 2025?
- Marrie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Marrie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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