Maureen
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #4,215
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 4,077 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 144,276since 1896
Maureen over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,572 | 44 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,023 | 58 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,825 | 112 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,106 | 88 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,811 | 105 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,534 | 126 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,535 | 123 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,422 | 133 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,225 | 162 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,133 | 173 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,004 | 199 | — | |
| 1997 | #940 | 212 | — | |
| 1996 | #852 | 234 | — | |
| 1995 | #776 | 257 | — | |
| 1994 | #689 | 305 | — | |
| 1993 | #678 | 322 | — | |
| 1992 | #593 | 385 | — | |
| 1991 | #530 | 440 | — | |
| 1990 | #497 | 491 | — | |
| 1989 | #485 | 487 | — | |
| 1988 | #405 | 595 | — | |
| 1987 | #408 | 554 | — | |
| 1986 | #374 | 628 | — | |
| 1985 | #349 | 672 | — | |
| 1984 | #326 | 721 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #280 | 841 | — | |
| 1982 | #270 | 914 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #293 | 829 | — | |
| 1980 | #280 | 881 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #275 | 882 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #299 | 774 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #287 | 841 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #283 | 809 | — | |
| 1975 | #277 | 877 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #253 | 1,011 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #246 | 1,032 | — | |
| 1972 | #237 | 1,172 | — | |
| 1971 | #203 | 1,471 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #182 | 1,789 | — | |
| 1969 | #161 | 2,012 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #148 | 2,175 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #129 | 2,702 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #119 | 3,015 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #107 | 3,481 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #107 | 3,836 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #108 | 4,011 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #108 | 4,128 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #104 | 4,569 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #106 | 4,520 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #106 | 4,448 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #110 | 4,457 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #103 | 4,596 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #102 | 4,504 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #100 | 4,339 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #97 | 4,370 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #92 | 4,112 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #94 | 4,039 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #93 | 3,878 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #89 | 4,070 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #89 | 3,923 | — | |
| 1948 | #88 | 4,077 | — | |
| 1947 | #98 | 4,085 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #95 | 3,684 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #105 | 2,674 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #107 | 2,536 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #105 | 2,760 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #102 | 2,721 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #129 | 1,992 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #135 | 1,810 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #146 | 1,586 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #144 | 1,611 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #155 | 1,395 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #155 | 1,329 | — | |
| 1935 | #162 | 1,230 | — | |
| 1934 | #171 | 1,086 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #170 | 1,063 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #204 | 887 | — | |
| 1931 | #223 | 741 | — | |
| 1930 | #281 | 532 | — | |
| 1929 | #381 | 309 | — | |
| 1928 | #399 | 284 | — | |
| 1927 | #440 | 243 | — | |
| 1926 | #451 | 225 | — | |
| 1925 | #572 | 157 | — | |
| 1924 | #513 | 194 | — | |
| 1923 | #519 | 183 | — | |
| 1922 | #637 | 132 | — | |
| 1921 | #595 | 147 | — | |
| 1920 | #702 | 107 | — | |
| 1919 | #717 | 95 | — | |
| 1918 | #671 | 113 | — | |
| 1917 | #721 | 93 | — | |
| 1916 | #712 | 93 | — | |
| 1915 | #611 | 114 | — | |
| 1914 | #742 | 60 | — | |
| 1913 | #701 | 55 | — | |
| 1912 | #786 | 40 | — | |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Maureen! It came in at #1,292, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maureen is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#24 · 1 in 106
- New Jersey#35 · 1 in 163
- New York#36 · 1 in 176
- Rhode Island#45 · 1 in 159
- Connecticut#47 · 1 in 188
Best ever in a state: #18 in Rhode Island, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #24 | 506 | 1 in 106 |
| New Jersey | #35 | 351 | 1 in 163 |
| New York | #36 | 959 | 1 in 176 |
| Rhode Island | #45 | 52 | 1 in 159 |
| Connecticut | #47 | 130 | 1 in 188 |
| Pennsylvania | #60 | 451 | 1 in 254 |
| Illinois | #79 | 333 | 1 in 325 |
| Vermont | #79 | 13 | 1 in 276 |
| New Hampshire | #80 | 19 | 1 in 290 |
| District of Columbia | #82 | 45 | 1 in 292 |
| Maine | #88 | 32 | 1 in 309 |
| Delaware | #98 | 13 | 1 in 355 |
| Minnesota | #99 | 95 | 1 in 418 |
| Wisconsin | #100 | 102 | 1 in 436 |
| Michigan | #103 | 212 | 1 in 425 |
| Oregon | #103 | 36 | 1 in 424 |
| North Dakota | #109 | 16 | 1 in 434 |
| Washington | #113 | 58 | 1 in 492 |
| Ohio | #124 | 187 | 1 in 566 |
| California | #129 | 291 | 1 in 572 |
| Hawaii | #137 | 13 | 1 in 467 |
| Missouri | #140 | 72 | 1 in 625 |
| Maryland | #143 | 42 | 1 in 726 |
| Nebraska | #162 | 19 | 1 in 772 |
| Indiana | #179 | 49 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Montana | #180 | 9 | 1 in 755 |
| Iowa | #183 | 30 | 1 in 954 |
| Colorado | #201 | 21 | 1 in 900 |
| South Dakota | #203 | 7 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Virginia | #203 | 34 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Kentucky | #205 | 26 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Florida | #215 | 39 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Louisiana | #220 | 33 | 1 in 1,201 |
| Idaho | #233 | 6 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Utah | #235 | 9 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Kansas | #243 | 14 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Arizona | #255 | 12 | 1 in 1,199 |
| New Mexico | #278 | 9 | 1 in 1,334 |
| Oklahoma | #281 | 11 | 1 in 1,939 |
| West Virginia | #304 | 8 | 1 in 2,290 |
| South Carolina | #340 | 11 | 1 in 2,418 |
| Tennessee | #414 | 9 | 1 in 4,066 |
| Georgia | #418 | 12 | 1 in 3,729 |
| North Carolina | #422 | 12 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Alabama | #558 | 6 | 1 in 5,899 |
| Texas | #567 | 21 | 1 in 5,418 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maureen
- 541 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,352)
- 101 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #4,352)
- 757 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #4,352)
- Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1911 (#1,207 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1908 (#898 → #1,261)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1948 at #88 (4,077 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1946–1955
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1911–1997
- Highest: 1 in 416 girls born in 1948 were named Maureen (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 29.7% of all girls named Maureen (42,813) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,292 (1896) | #1,496 |
| 1900s | 91 | #898 (1907) | #1,325 |
| 1910s | 703 | #611 (1915) | #771 |
| 1920s | 1,981 | #381 (1929) | #521 |
| 1930s | 11,460 | #144 (1938) | #181 |
| 1940s | 30,262 | #88 (1948) | #105 |
| 1950s | 42,813 | #89 (1950) | #99 |
| 1960s | 34,449 | #104 (1961) | #120 |
| 1970s | 10,658 | #182 (1970) | #254 |
| 1980s | 7,122 | #270 (1982) | #347 |
| 1990s | 3,018 | #497 (1990) | #769 |
| 2000s | 1,035 | #1,225 (2000) | #2,005 |
| 2010s | 478 | #2,796 (2011) | #3,366 |
| 2020s | 194 | #3,653 (2022) | #4,372 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maureen in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 455 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 98.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 164,194 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 49.8% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,200Wesly14
- #2,200Willia14
- #2,200Wolf14
- #2,295Maureen13
- #2,295Adrien13
- #2,295Alen13
- #2,295Alferd13
- #2,414Acie12
- #2,414Adelbert12
- #2,414Adolf12
Tied with 118 names at #2,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.