Maury

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 90.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,512
since 1889

Maury over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #3,321, 1956peak #789, 1889girlsboys
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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
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2025—#8,2439
2024—#10,9386
2023—#6,51713
2022—#9,8237
2021—#9,7147
2020—#10,6056
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2018—#6,03614
2017—#10,7756
2016—#7,15711
2015—#12,0865
2014—#8,1309
2013—#5,92314
2012—#7,05011
2011—#7,50210
2010—#9,6937
2009—#8,3109
2008—#6,07014
2007—#4,49321
2006#15,1526#7,42710
2005—#3,71025
2004—#5,00716
2003—#4,11420
2002#15,4325#4,70316
2001—#3,72122
2000—#5,04014
1999—#3,83419
1998—#3,70819
1997—#4,66813
1996#13,5185#3,67818
1995#11,7836#4,50813
1994#10,5697#2,95124
1993#9,5598#4,22714
1992—#2,74725
1991—#4,47612
1990#10,1937#3,05820
1989#10,8476#3,20518
1988#11,7985#3,20316
1987—#4,9688
1986—#3,44013
1985—#3,40113
1984#6,29110#4,5528
1983—#3,23013
1982#7,4698#3,28213
1981#9,1106#3,41212
1980#9,0956#2,72917
1979#10,2105#2,46519
1978—#2,27920
1977—#3,38611
1976—#3,09512
1975—#2,54016
1974#7,6806#3,12011
1973#6,6667#1,73626
1972—#1,60329
1971#7,3886#1,66828
1970#5,4139#1,27842
1969#5,9747#1,35135
1968#7,0165#1,28235
1967#6,8045#92561
1966#4,8668#81979
1965#4,8318#94860
1964#6,0096#83183
1963#3,63513#81686
1962#4,01111#87176
1961#5,3097#1,04256
1960#4,4379#1,07252
1959#6,2455#1,14146
1958#4,8907#1,18642
1957—#1,18543
1956#3,32113#1,33533
1955—#1,24037
1954#3,9679#1,18640
1953#3,9559#1,42728
1952—#1,34731
1951—#1,17138
1950—#1,27232
1949—#1,01347
1948#3,8838#1,34629
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,12438
1945#4,5565#1,34924
1944—#1,28227
1943—#1,36826
1942—#1,31628
1941—#1,58819
1940#4,3495#1,68017
1939—#1,53219
1938—#1,74116
1937—#1,68817
1936—#1,80115
1935—#1,75716
1934—#2,12112
1933—#1,54020
1932—#2,31311
1931—#1,84316
1930—#2,7819
1929—#1,73119
1928—#2,65910
1927—#2,19314
1926—#2,18614
1925—#1,87018
1924—#2,82210
1923—#1,94117
1922—#3,0149
1921—#1,36030
1920—#2,76510
1919—#2,38512
1918—#2,26013
1917—#2,09114
1916—#2,15213
1915—#2,18412
1914—#3,2645
1913—#1,67611
1912—#1,41712
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Maury! It came in at #789, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Maury is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMINew York: #919 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 34,961 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #702 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 17,003 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #578 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,087 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedMSAlabama: #446 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,064 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedHITexas: #988 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,866 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Maury, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#446 · 1 in 6,064
  2. Louisiana#578 · 1 in 8,087
  3. California#702 · 1 in 17,003
  4. New York#919 · 1 in 34,961
  5. Texas#988 · 1 in 23,866

Best ever in a state: #330 in Washington, 1958.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#44661 in 6,064
Louisiana#57851 in 8,087
California#702111 in 17,003
New York#91951 in 34,961
Texas#98851 in 23,866
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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 Maury
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 2,695 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,243)
  • 2,362 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,243)
  • 3,843 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #8,243)
  • Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1962 (#1,042 → #871)
  • Biggest drop: 357 spots in 1968 (#925 → #1,282)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1962–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,797
  • Highest: 1 in 15,797 boys born in 1889 were named Maury (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 24.8% of all boys named Maury (623) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
  • Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#789 (1889)#789
1890s0——
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s92#1,417 (1912)#2,179
1920s151#1,360 (1921)#2,254
1930s151#1,532 (1939)#1,912
1940s289#1,013 (1949)#1,332
1950s370#1,141 (1959)#1,249
1960s623#816 (1963)#996
1970s214#1,278 (1970)#2,317
1980s131#2,729 (1980)#3,542
1990s177#2,747 (1992)#3,786
2000s167#3,710 (2005)#5,260
2010s87#5,923 (2013)#8,261
2020s48#6,517 (2023)#9,307

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.

Maury in 1962

girls
#4,011
11 births · 1 in 178,782 girls
boys
#871
76 births · 1 in 27,221 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #4,011Maury11

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #871Maury76
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 178,782 of them was named Maury, which outranked 47.1% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maury
  1. #3,782Vincenza12
  2. #3,782Willow12
  3. #3,782Zoila12
  4. #4,011Maury11
  5. #4,011Albertina11
  6. #4,011Aleen11
  7. #4,011Alejandrina11
  8. #4,263Adora10
  9. #4,263Albertine10
  10. #4,263Alesha10

Tied with 251 names at #4,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 27,221 of them was named Maury, which outranked 81.2% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maury
  1. #862Leif77
  2. #862Leigh77
  3. #862Monroe77
  4. #871Maury76
  5. #871Alexis76
  6. #871Barbara76
  7. #871Barron76
  8. #879Alec75
  9. #879Artie75
  10. #879Bernardo75

Tied with 7 names at #871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →