girl's name
Anne-Marie
an-ma-REE
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 10
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 115,907
Northern Ireland
#282
2000 births
Anne-Marie joins grace to a name nobody can translate — Anne means favor, and Mary's meaning has never been established, so only half of this compound has a settled sense at all. It peaked in 1948, and holds 114,094 lifetime births.
- Anne-Marie is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1948, when 3,945 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Anne-Marie over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 1,385 |
| 1910s | 1,595 |
| 1920s | 3,660 |
| 1930s | 7,405 |
| 1940s | 24,415 |
| 1950s | 35,320 |
| 1960s | 19,665 |
| 1970s | 5,095 |
| 1980s | 1,285 |
| 1990s | 510 |
| 2000s | 215 |
| 2010s | 145 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 55 |
What Anne-Marie means
Anne-Marie joins Anne, meaning grace or favor, to Marie, whose meaning is unknown. The compound therefore carries one settled element and one that has never been recovered.
Where Anne-Marie comes from
Anne-Marie is a French hyphenated compound of Anne, from the Hebrew Hannah, grace or favor, and Marie, from Miriam, whose derivation has never been established. The pairing names the Virgin and her mother together — Anne is the traditional name of Mary's mother, though no biblical text supplies it. French hyphenated compounds like this are single legal names rather than a first and a middle, and they belong to the same mid-century fashion as Jean-Claude and Marie-Claire.
Anne-Marie in use
Anne-Marie peaked in France in 1948, when 3,945 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It no longer ranks in any of the six markets we track, across 115,907 lifetime births. It is the largest name in this group by lifetime volume and one of four here to have left every chart, all four of them French.
How popular is Anne-Marie?
In 2025, Anne-Marie was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Anne-Marie is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Anne-Marie is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Annemarie | Annemarie is Anne-Marie written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #2,949. | 12,826 |
| Anne Marie | Anne Marie is Anne-Marie written as two words, recorded mostly in Ireland. | 11 |
Names that peaked alongside Anne-Marie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Anne-Marie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anne-Marie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Anne-Marie
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Anne-Marie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Danish
- Anne-Marie Marianne
- Dutch
- Anne-Marie Marianne
- Estonian
- Marianne
- Finnish
- Marianne
- French
- Anne-Marie Marianne
Sibling names for Anne-Marie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anne-Marie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Anne-Marie
What does the name Anne-Marie mean?
Grace, from Anne, joined to Marie — whose own meaning has never been established.
Is Anne-Marie one name or two?
One legal name in France — a hyphenated compound, not a first and middle name.
Was Mary's mother really called Anne?
By tradition rather than by any biblical text.
Does Anne-Marie still rank?
Not in any of the six markets we track, despite a 1948 French peak of 3,945 births.
How popular is the name Anne-Marie?
In 2025, Anne-Marie was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Anne-Marie a girl's or a boy's name?
Anne-Marie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Anne-Marie most popular?
Anne-Marie peaked in 1948, when 3,945 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Anne-Marie?
Anne-Marie is usually shortened to Annie.
Is Anne-Marie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anne-Marie currently ranks #2,715 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.