Maurice

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #1,018 for boys in 2025, 220 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1914 · 1,256 births
Debut · boys
93 births
In top 100 · boys
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
136,332
since 1880

Maurice over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #94, 1914boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,018220
2024—#931248
2023—#971226
2022—#995224
2021—#829287
2020—#841271
2019—#732329
2018—#670377
2017—#651396
2016—#650406
2015—#616435
2014—#579482
2013—#526505
2012—#501531
2011—#463579
2010—#448600
2009—#439638
2008—#402733
2007—#414707
2006—#393761
2005—#411661
2004—#383712
2003—#358757
2002—#377697
2001—#371717
2000—#345795
1999—#356734
1998—#327832
1997—#320827
1996—#324809
1995#13,3865#300888
1994#9,5868#294932
1993#13,4425#2581,112
1992#10,4797#2471,164
1991#10,2717#2281,301
1990#6,46513#2061,488
1989#6,53112#2041,421
1988#4,30820#1861,493
1987#3,03131#1871,473
1986#5,18814#1761,511
1985#3,41925#1731,559
1984#4,31817#1681,590
1983#3,94919#1621,684
1982#3,64722#1651,647
1981#4,53216#1631,641
1980#3,21526#1621,556
1979#3,23625#1601,594
1978#3,63720#1571,575
1977#2,83828#1661,440
1976#2,60230#1741,347
1975#3,63718#1691,384
1974#2,83525#1731,375
1973#2,91423#1651,439
1972#2,68026#1601,641
1971#2,59928#1621,698
1970#2,52229#1651,740
1969#2,76823#1781,570
1968#2,16431#1791,475
1967#2,70621#1731,526
1966#2,45324#1801,417
1965#2,68421#1811,417
1964#2,75221#1871,502
1963#2,78020#1991,490
1962#2,31227#2031,482
1961#3,31815#2021,443
1960#2,43224#2121,321
1959#2,39523#2081,364
1958#2,20926#2091,292
1957#2,48621#1961,392
1956#2,24924#2011,326
1955#2,83916#2061,221
1954#2,07626#2051,223
1953#2,36320#1981,229
1952#2,12623#1911,219
1951#1,80529#1951,121
1950#2,05322#1851,197
1949#1,69731#1831,153
1948#1,90125#1981,002
1947#2,04523#1811,140
1946#2,15319#1761,058
1945#1,87420#177913
1944#1,91620#1681,023
1943#1,70325#1651,105
1942#1,49730#1651,027
1941#1,56925#1631,026
1940#1,27234#1611,030
1939#1,79719#1571,016
1938#1,43727#1431,152
1937#1,49325#1441,069
1936#1,26732#1371,154
1935#1,38128#1301,234
1934#1,26332#1321,239
1933#1,00847#1281,310
1932#1,16238#1221,418
1931#97051#1171,496
1930#1,05948#1161,550
1929#1,06447#1251,376
1928#88868#1191,494
1927#93564#1221,493
1926#96360#1101,640
1925#97059#1111,586
1924#96263#1021,714
1923#1,03753#1011,711
1922#93263#1031,696
1921#1,01754#1011,743
1920#92162#1021,708
1919#94456#1081,474
1918#93059#1031,636
1917#1,01348#1011,554
1916#88259#991,584
1915#83161#1011,440
1914#1,08031#941,256
1913#90135#95994
1912#1,05524#95811
1911#1,17115#99397
1910#2,3985#110283
1909#1,21912#113245
1908#1,5478#106241
1907#1,28910#115208
1906#1,3219#109197
1905#1,09312#106202
1904#1,3648#129165
1903—#107182
1902—#102187
1901#1,4666#106160
1900—#119193
1899—#137117
1898#1,7005#126143
1897—#139117
1896—#133127
1895—#122136
1894—#128125
1893—#112149
1892—#123137
1891—#118117
1890—#138102
1889—#131109
1888—#152100
1887—#14488
1886—#13997
1885—#14196
1884—#126115
1883—#14489
1882—#139102
1881—#16872
1880—#14593
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maurice was already there! It came in at #145, and was given to 93 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.

Where Maurice is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedAKMaine: #36 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 97 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #23 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 61 boysNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 260 boysMNIllinois: #77 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 375 boysILWisconsin: #109 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 480 boysWIMichigan: #85 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 425 boysMINew York: #87 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 524 boysNYMassachusetts: #53 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 278 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedSDIowa: #39 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 136 boysIAIndiana: #50 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 198 boysINOhio: #116 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 684 boysOHPennsylvania: #97 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 648 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #95 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 459 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedUTColorado: #65 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 228 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedNEMissouri: #115 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 623 boysMOKentucky: #139 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 762 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedVAMaryland: #85 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 446 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedNMKansas: #97 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 438 boysKSArkansas: #150 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 700 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #94 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 440 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedHITexas: #187 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 907 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Maurice, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#23 · 1 in 61
  2. Maine#36 · 1 in 97
  3. Iowa#39 · 1 in 136
  4. Indiana#50 · 1 in 198
  5. Massachusetts#53 · 1 in 278

Best ever in a state: #13 in New Hampshire, 1926.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#2351 in 61
Maine#3671 in 97
Iowa#39161 in 136
Indiana#50141 in 198
Massachusetts#53171 in 278
Colorado#6551 in 228
Minnesota#7091 in 260
Illinois#77221 in 375
Maryland#8551 in 446
Michigan#8581 in 425
New York#87301 in 524
Louisiana#94111 in 440
California#9571 in 459
Kansas#9751 in 438
Pennsylvania#97211 in 648
Wisconsin#10951 in 480
Missouri#11581 in 623
Ohio#11691 in 684
Kentucky#13961 in 762
Arkansas#15051 in 700
Texas#187101 in 907
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Maurice
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 87 spots since 2024 (#931 → #1,018)
  • 177 spots since 2020 (#841 → #1,018)
  • 402 spots since 2015 (#616 → #1,018)
  • Biggest jump: 40 spots in 2024 (#971 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 2022 (#829 → #995)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #94 (1,256 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 96 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1911–1914
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 516
  • Highest: 1 in 516 boys born in 1913 were named Maurice (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,764 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #94 in 1914, was only 1 in 521 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.9% of all boys named Maurice (16,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s961#126 (1884)#143
1890s1,270#112 (1893)#128
1900s1,980#102 (1902)#111
1910s11,429#94 (1914)#101
1920s16,161#101 (1921)#110
1930s12,638#116 (1930)#133
1940s10,477#161 (1940)#174
1950s12,584#185 (1950)#199
1960s14,643#173 (1967)#189
1970s15,233#157 (1978)#165
1980s15,575#162 (1983)#175
1990s10,087#206 (1990)#286
2000s7,178#345 (2000)#389
2010s4,640#448 (2010)#584
2020s1,476#829 (2021)#931

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maurice in 1910

girls
#2,398
5 births · 1 in 79,301 girls
boys
#110
283 births · 1 in 686 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #2,398Maurice5

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #110Maurice283
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 79,301 of them was named Maurice, which outranked 14.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maurice
  1. #2,140Zeola6
  2. #2,140Zina6
  3. #2,140Zylphia6
  4. #2,398Maurice5
  5. #2,398Adelaida5
  6. #2,398Adina5
  7. #2,398Adria5

Tied with 392 names at #2,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 686 of them was named Maurice, which outranked 94.0% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maurice
  1. #107Manuel288
  2. #108Marion286
  3. #109Otis285
  4. #110Maurice283
  5. #111Virgil280
  6. #112Hugh279
  7. #113Will278
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →