Maury

Where Maury comes from

The dictionaries list Maury as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Maurice — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #789
    #789 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1939
    Maury Povich born
    American television personality
  4. 1949
    Maury Chaykin born
    American actor
  5. 1985
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.
Namesakes
  • Maury Povich · American television personality, born 1939
  • Maury Chaykin · American actor, 1949–2010
  • Maury Sterling · American actor, born 1971
  • Maury Maverick · American politician, 1895–1954
  • Maury Wills · American baseball player and manager, 1932–2022

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.