UK girl's name
Ann-Marie
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ann-Marie is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ann-Marie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4056, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1997, with 29 births.
This profile covers 296 England and Wales registrations across 26 recorded years from 1996 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 17% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 532 living people in the UK are called Ann-Marie. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ann-Marie ranked #4056 for girls in England and Wales in 2023, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1997, when 29 girls were registered as Ann-Marie.
- • Ann-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #248 in 2000.
- • About 532 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ann-Marie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4056
2023
Births in 2023
5
Latest year
Peak year
1997
29 births
Estimated living
532
2026
Popularity
Ann-Marie over time
The chart below shows babies named Ann-Marie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ann-Marie, the clearest high point is 1997. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2023, compared with 29 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ann-Marie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ann-Marie was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4196 | 14 | 3 |
| 2010s | #3779 | 54 | 9 |
| 2000s | #1802 | 128 | 10 |
| 1990s | #892 | 100 | 4 |
Geography
Where Ann-Marie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ann-Marie. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Ann-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #248 in 2000.
Across the UK
Ann-Marie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#802 in 2010
21 years of NRS records, 234 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#248 in 2000
2 years of NISRA records, 8 total registered
Related
Names similar to Ann-Marie
- Amelia 94,830
- Ava 54,556
- Amy 52,495
- Alice 46,815
- Abigail 45,658
- Amber 31,922
- Anna 27,802
- Alexandra 19,455
- Amelie 18,051
- Abbie 15,971
- Aimee 15,158
- Annabelle 15,120
FAQ
Ann-Marie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ann-Marie in the UK right now?
In 2023, Ann-Marie was ranked #4056 for girls in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was Ann-Marie most popular?
The peak year on record was 1997, with 29 babies registered as Ann-Marie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ann-Marie in the UK?
A total of 296 babies have been registered as Ann-Marie across the 26 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 234 more in Scotland and 8 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Ann-Marie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ann-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #248 in 2000. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.