UK girl's name
Anne-Marie
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Anne-Marie is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Anne-Marie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3015, with 8 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1997, with 38 births.
This profile covers 396 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. 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 21% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 696 living people in the UK are called Anne-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 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Anne-Marie ranked #3015 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 8 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1997, when 38 girls were registered as Anne-Marie.
- • Anne-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #282 in 2000.
- • About 696 living people in the UK are estimated to have Anne-Marie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3015
2024
Births in 2024
8
Latest year
Peak year
1997
38 births
Estimated living
696
2026
Popularity
Anne-Marie over time
The chart below shows babies named Anne-Marie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Anne-Marie, the clearest high point is 1997. The latest England and Wales figure is 8 births in 2024, compared with 38 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anne-Marie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Anne-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 | #3158 | 39 | 5 |
| 2010s | #2974 | 86 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1615 | 151 | 10 |
| 1990s | #787 | 120 | 4 |
Geography
Where Anne-Marie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Anne-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.
Anne-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #282 in 2000.
Across the UK
Anne-Marie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#545 in 2002
24 years of NRS records, 301 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#282 in 2000
2 years of NISRA records, 7 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Anne-Marie
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Anne-Marie Imafidon
computer scientist; mathematician; engineer
British-Nigerian child prodigy and STEM activist (born 1990)
1990-
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Anne-Marie Cullum
singer
English score vocalist
1985-
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Anne-Marie Helder
singer; singer-songwriter; songwriter
British singer, songwriter & musician
1976-
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Anne-Marie Hutchinson
solicitor; lawyer
English lawyer
1975-2020
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Anne-Marie Duff
actor; stage actor; film actor
British actress
1970-
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan
politician; chartered accountant
British politician
1969-
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Anne-Marie Hurst
singer
British singer
1964-
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Anne-Marie Curtis
journalist
British journalist
1964-
Related
Names similar to Anne-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
Anne-Marie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Anne-Marie in the UK right now?
In 2024, Anne-Marie was ranked #3015 for girls in England and Wales, with 8 births registered.
When was Anne-Marie most popular?
The peak year on record was 1997, with 38 babies registered as Anne-Marie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Anne-Marie in the UK?
A total of 396 babies have been registered as Anne-Marie across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 301 more in Scotland and 7 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Anne-Marie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Anne-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #282 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.