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Marnie

Girl · MAR-nee · Latin

Marnie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the sea”. In 2025 it ranked 104th for girls in the UK (518 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).

What does Marnie mean?

Latin: probably a pet form of Marina

“of the sea”

Probably a pet form of Marina; made famous by Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 film Marnie.

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Is Marnie a girl's or a boy's name?

Marnie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 518 girls in the UK and 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marnie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#104among girls
Babies in 2025
518about 1 in 540 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 26% in five years
Same name in a class
2.6%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 518 girls in the UK were named Marnie, making it the 104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 127th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Marnie of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Marnie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 97th in England and Wales, 104th in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 518 in 20252025
Marnie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025518#104
2024488#110
2023461#120
2022452#126
2021445#125
2020430#127
2019359#158
2018376#159
2017394#158
2016402#152
2015346#177
2014286#208
2013182#291
201296#501
201184#546
201079#557
200980#539
200890#493
200772#563
200692#467
200578#502
200464#551
200375#488
200262#531
200154#578
200066#496
199966#495
199876#447
199769#480
199651#550

How popular is Marnie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,173among girls
Babies in 2025
85about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 98% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Marnie, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 510 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.

2025 had more girls named Marnie than any year since 1978.

Half of all the girls named Marnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 114 girls in the US were given Marnie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,551, up from #2,173 for this spelling alone.

1915Busiest: 510 in 19692025
Marnie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202585#2,173
202472#2,491
202365#2,674
202274#2,445
202154#3,037
202034#4,077
201936#4,005
201842#3,613
201730#4,574
201627#4,989
201523#5,651
201432#4,453
201328#4,885
201213#8,628
201116#7,432
201013#8,697
200914#8,450
200812#9,472
200724#5,706
200613#8,711
200520#5,994
200419#6,211
200312#8,500
200218#6,124
200119#5,817
200013#7,574
199926#4,309
199819#5,359
199723#4,505
199625#4,179
199525#4,094
199427#3,887
199331#3,501
199226#3,962
199133#3,295
199032#3,359
198921#4,352
198837#2,798
198736#2,721
198631#2,972
198532#2,859
198441#2,339
198359#1,797
198250#2,050
198164#1,754
198082#1,474
197975#1,543
1978119#1,096
1977140#979
1976152#877
1975186#761
1974237#644
1973255#606
1972308#541
1971358#518
1970433#472
1969510#427
1968448#456
1967252#600
1966246#603
1965266#584
1964112#1,016
196338#1,893
196231#2,112
196120#2,751
196016#3,094
195912#3,618
195814#3,231
195723#2,346
195625#2,193
195523#2,279
195424#2,185
195325#2,070
195220#2,326
195126#1,920
195027#1,834
194918#2,339
194811#3,136
194720#2,199
194629#1,646
194510#2,915
194410#2,945
19436#4,195
19428#3,442
19419#3,028
19405#4,347
19395#4,248
19386#3,845
19378#3,145
19366#3,699
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19306#4,045
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19256#4,425
19245#5,059
19235#4,966
19220–
19210–
19200–
19195#4,812
19185#4,807
19170–
19160–
19159#2,899

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