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
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,512since 1889
Maury over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #925 | 61 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #819 | 79 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #948 | 60 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #831 | 83 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #816 | 86 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #871 | 76 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,042 | 56 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,072 | 52 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,141 | 46 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,186 | 42 |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | — | #1,240 | 37 | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | — | #1,347 | 31 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,013 | 47 | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,316 | 28 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#373 · 1 in 3,690
- Virginia#481 · 1 in 8,626
- Texas#673 · 1 in 10,484
- California#714 · 1 in 17,072
- Illinois#724 · 1 in 21,564
Best ever in a state: #330 in Washington, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #373 | 7 | 1 in 3,690 |
| Virginia | #481 | 5 | 1 in 8,626 |
| Texas | #673 | 11 | 1 in 10,484 |
| California | #714 | 11 | 1 in 17,072 |
| Illinois | #724 | 5 | 1 in 21,564 |
| New York | #777 | 7 | 1 in 24,934 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1962–1967
- 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%)
- 24.8% of all boys named Maury (623) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #789 (1889) | #789 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,253 (1906) | #1,253 |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,417 (1912) | #2,179 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,360 (1921) | #2,254 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,532 (1939) | #1,912 |
| 1940s | 289 | #1,013 (1949) | #1,332 |
| 1950s | 370 | #1,141 (1959) | #1,249 |
| 1960s | 623 | #816 (1963) | #996 |
| 1970s | 214 | #1,278 (1970) | #2,317 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,729 (1980) | #3,542 |
| 1990s | 177 | #2,747 (1992) | #3,786 |
| 2000s | 167 | #3,710 (2005) | #5,260 |
| 2010s | 87 | #5,923 (2013) | #8,261 |
| 2020s | 48 | #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 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 148,270 of them was named Maury, which outranked 52.6% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,458Vernie14
- #3,458Vernon14
- #3,458Zora14
- #3,635Maury13
- #3,635Aisha13
- #3,635Aleisa13
- #3,635Annazette13
- #3,801Aaron12
- #3,801Ailene12
- #3,801Alanda12
Tied with 165 names at #3,635; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 23,617 of them was named Maury, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).