Maree
Maree is a given name and surname. It may be used as a variant of Marie. It may refer to:Given nameMaree Ackehurst, Australian actress Ann-Maree Biggar, Australian television presenter Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player Adrienne Maree Brown, American writer and activist Maree Cheatham, American actress Maree Clarke, Australian artist Maree Davenport, Australian politician Maree Edwards,…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maree
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maree is a given name and surname. It may be used as a variant of Marie. It may refer to:Given nameMaree Ackehurst, Australian actress Ann-Maree Biggar, Australian television presenter Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player Adrienne Maree Brown, American writer and activist Maree Cheatham, American actress Maree Clarke, Australian artist Maree Davenport, Australian politician Maree Edwards,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maree
American parents first put Maree on the record books as a baby girl name in 1894, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 26 Marees were born — ranking #1,566 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Marees have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maree
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Names that sound like Maree
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About the name Maree
Maree is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1894 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Maree's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,566. Use the chart and map above to compare Maree's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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