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

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Peak · girls
1948 · 4,077 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
144,276
since 1896

Maureen over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #88, 1948girls
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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#4,35232
2024#4,89327
2023#4,04736
2022#3,65342
2021#4,83327
2020#4,45330
2019#3,22249
2018#3,67741
2017#3,43645
2016#3,70741
2015#3,59543
2014#3,04155
2013#3,57343
2012#3,04055
2011#2,79662
2010#3,57244
2009#2,85261
2008#2,71867
2007#3,02358
2006#1,825112
2005#2,10688
2004#1,811105
2003#1,534126
2002#1,535123
2001#1,422133
2000#1,225162
1999#1,133173
1998#1,004199
1997#940212
1996#852234
1995#776257
1994#689305
1993#678322
1992#593385
1991#530440
1990#497491
1989#485487
1988#405595
1987#408554
1986#374628
1985#349672
1984#326721#4,2159
1983#280841
1982#270914#5,6196
1981#293829
1980#280881#4,9407
1979#275882#5,3556
1978#299774#4,5547
1977#287841#5,1236
1976#283809
1975#277877#4,3097
1974#2531,011#5,2275
1973#2461,032
1972#2371,172
1971#2031,471#3,3709
1970#1821,789
1969#1612,012#3,9356
1968#1482,175#3,6736
1967#1292,702#3,5596
1966#1193,015#2,21613
1965#1073,481#3,5376
1964#1073,836#3,0508
1963#1084,011#1,90218
1962#1084,128#3,3057
1961#1044,569#2,9009
1960#1064,520#2,8719
1959#1064,448#2,29513
1958#1104,457#2,37012
1957#1034,596#2,63110
1956#1024,504#2,62810
1955#1004,339#3,8865
1954#974,370#2,11414
1953#924,112#3,7985
1952#944,039#3,7345
1951#933,878#3,0667
1950#894,070#3,0217
1949#893,923
1948#884,077
1947#984,085#2,8628
1946#953,684#2,9197
1945#1052,674#2,5748
1944#1072,536#2,8627
1943#1052,760#3,5385
1942#1022,721#2,38610
1941#1291,992#2,6568
1940#1351,810#2,4789
1939#1461,586#3,4805
1938#1441,611#3,5345
1937#1551,395#3,1756
1936#1551,329
1935#1621,230
1934#1711,086#2,9737
1933#1701,063#3,6425
1932#204887
1931#223741
1930#281532
1929#381309
1928#399284
1927#440243
1926#451225
1925#572157
1924#513194
1923#519183
1922#637132
1921#595147
1920#702107
1919#71795
1918#671113
1917#72193
1916#71293
1915#611114
1914#74260
1913#70155
1912#78640
1911#83826
1910#1,20714
1909#99017
1908#1,26111
1907#89818
1906#1,15411
1905#1,5387
1904#1,17010
1903#1,4407
1902#1,7935
1901#1,6795
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
1897
1896#1,2927
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1896

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 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedAKMaine: #122 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 606 girlsMEVermont: #63 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 213 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #69 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 224 girlsNHWashington: #97 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 469 girlsWAIdaho: #140 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 658 girlsIDMontana: #147 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 662 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #163 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 904 girlsNDMinnesota: #101 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 567 girlsMNIllinois: #79 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 362 girlsILWisconsin: #92 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 544 girlsWIMichigan: #109 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 595 girlsMINew York: #40 for girls · 621 births · 1 in 170 girlsNYMassachusetts: #23 for girls · 386 births · 1 in 92 girlsMARhode Island: #18 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 80 girlsRIOregon: #113 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 553 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #160 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 954 girlsSDIowa: #125 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 806 girlsIAIndiana: #229 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,051 girlsINOhio: #123 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 758 girlsOHPennsylvania: #92 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 449 girlsPANew Jersey: #48 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 172 girlsNJConnecticut: #37 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 155 girlsCTCalifornia: #110 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 518 girlsCAUtah: #180 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 943 girlsUTColorado: #232 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,460 girlsCONebraska: #129 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 838 girlsNEMissouri: #145 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 931 girlsMOKentucky: #315 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,776 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #396 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,899 girlsVAMaryland: #158 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 858 girlsMDDelaware: #113 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 445 girlsDEArizona: #213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 933 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedNMKansas: #248 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,057 girlsKSArkansas: #375 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,240 girlsARTennessee: #427 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,181 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #421 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,145 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #94 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 419 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #295 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,788 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedMSAlabama: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,363 girlsALGeorgia: #434 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,095 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedHITexas: #368 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,610 girlsTXFlorida: #225 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#18 · 1 in 80
  2. Massachusetts#23 · 1 in 92
  3. Connecticut#37 · 1 in 155
  4. New York#40 · 1 in 170
  5. New Jersey#48 · 1 in 172

Best ever in a state: #18 in Rhode Island, 1944.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#18711 in 80
Massachusetts#233861 in 92
Connecticut#37921 in 155
New York#406211 in 170
New Jersey#481901 in 172
Vermont#63121 in 213
New Hampshire#69151 in 224
Illinois#791751 in 362
Pennsylvania#921781 in 449
Wisconsin#92491 in 544
District of Columbia#94221 in 419
Washington#97401 in 469
Minnesota#101421 in 567
Michigan#109851 in 595
California#1101541 in 518
Delaware#11351 in 445
Oregon#113181 in 553
Maine#122121 in 606
Ohio#123791 in 758
Iowa#125251 in 806
Nebraska#129121 in 838
Idaho#14071 in 658
Missouri#145331 in 931
Montana#14761 in 662
Maryland#158211 in 858
South Dakota#16051 in 954
North Dakota#16361 in 904
Utah#18071 in 943
Arizona#21371 in 933
Florida#225171 in 1,311
Indiana#229151 in 2,051
Colorado#23271 in 1,460
Kansas#24871 in 2,057
Louisiana#295151 in 1,788
Kentucky#315101 in 2,776
Texas#368291 in 2,610
Arkansas#37561 in 3,240
Virginia#39661 in 4,899
North Carolina#42181 in 5,145
Tennessee#42761 in 5,181
Georgia#43471 in 5,095
Alabama#45061 in 5,363
Alaska
Hawaii
Mississippi
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
West Virginia
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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1948 at #88 (4,077 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1946–1955
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1911–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 416
  • Highest: 1 in 416 girls born in 1948 were named Maureen (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 29.7% of all girls named Maureen (42,813) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,292 (1896)#1,496
1900s91#898 (1907)#1,325
1910s703#611 (1915)#771
1920s1,981#381 (1929)#521
1930s11,460#144 (1938)#181
1940s30,262#88 (1948)#105
1950s42,813#89 (1950)#99
1960s34,449#104 (1961)#120
1970s10,658#182 (1970)#254
1980s7,122#270 (1982)#347
1990s3,018#497 (1990)#769
2000s1,035#1,225 (2000)#2,005
2010s478#2,796 (2011)#3,366
2020s194#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 1944

girls
#107
2,536 births · 1 in 523 girls
boys
#2,862
7 births · 1 in 194,696 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #107Maureen2,536

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #2,862Maureen7
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 523 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 98.0% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maureen
  1. #104Constance2,634
  2. #105Cynthia2,570
  3. #106Marlene2,566
  4. #107Maureen2,536
  5. #108Jeanne2,495
  6. #109Charlene2,433
  7. #110Kathy2,417
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 194,696 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 26.8% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maureen
  1. #2,633Watt8
  2. #2,633Willia8
  3. #2,633Willmer8
  4. #2,862Maureen7
  5. #2,862Abie7
  6. #2,862Acey7
  7. #2,862Alben7
  8. #3,109Abdul6
  9. #3,109Abran6
  10. #3,109Acy6

Tied with 246 names at #2,862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944