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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #152 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 522 girlsAKMaine: #94 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 368 girlsMEVermont: #111 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 450 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #68 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 238 girlsNHWashington: #137 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 602 girlsWAIdaho: #255 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsIDMontana: #119 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 446 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #206 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 946 girlsNDMinnesota: #93 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 380 girlsMNIllinois: #74 for girls · 354 births · 1 in 304 girlsILWisconsin: #102 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 441 girlsWIMichigan: #99 for girls · 203 births · 1 in 435 girlsMINew York: #36 for girls · 993 births · 1 in 169 girlsNYMassachusetts: #31 for girls · 448 births · 1 in 118 girlsMARhode Island: #28 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 118 girlsRIOregon: #168 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 735 girlsORNevada: #78 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 258 girlsNVWyoming: #103 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 323 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #160 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 707 girlsSDIowa: #167 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 828 girlsIAIndiana: #172 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 854 girlsINOhio: #116 for girls · 218 births · 1 in 482 girlsOHPennsylvania: #60 for girls · 443 births · 1 in 252 girlsPANew Jersey: #38 for girls · 327 births · 1 in 177 girlsNJConnecticut: #42 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 173 girlsCTCalifornia: #132 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 553 girlsCAUtah: #321 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,778 girlsUTColorado: #130 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 501 girlsCONebraska: #132 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 579 girlsNEMissouri: #142 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 622 girlsMOKentucky: #242 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsKYWest Virginia: #386 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,479 girlsWVVirginia: #288 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,895 girlsVAMaryland: #119 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 494 girlsMDDelaware: #134 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 506 girlsDEArizona: #210 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 890 girlsAZNew Mexico: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,471 girlsNMKansas: #273 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,751 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #438 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,415 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maureen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #68 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 264 girlsDCOklahoma: #479 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,194 girlsOKLouisiana: #246 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,339 girlsLAMississippi: #446 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsMSAlabama: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsALGeorgia: #448 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,049 girlsGAHawaii: #167 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 600 girlsHITexas: #377 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 2,520 girlsTXFlorida: #213 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,142 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#28 · 1 in 118
  2. Massachusetts#31 · 1 in 118
  3. New York#36 · 1 in 169
  4. New Jersey#38 · 1 in 177
  5. Connecticut#42 · 1 in 173

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#28691 in 118
Massachusetts#314481 in 118
New York#369931 in 169
New Jersey#383271 in 177
Connecticut#421421 in 173
Pennsylvania#604431 in 252
District of Columbia#68501 in 264
New Hampshire#68231 in 238
Illinois#743541 in 304
Nevada#7891 in 258
Minnesota#931021 in 380
Maine#94271 in 368
Michigan#992031 in 435
Wisconsin#1021021 in 441
Wyoming#10391 in 323
Vermont#11181 in 450
Ohio#1162181 in 482
Maryland#119611 in 494
Montana#119151 in 446
Colorado#130391 in 501
California#1323121 in 553
Nebraska#132251 in 579
Delaware#13491 in 506
Washington#137471 in 602
Missouri#142721 in 622
Alaska#15251 in 522
South Dakota#160101 in 707
Hawaii#167101 in 600
Iowa#167341 in 828
Oregon#168221 in 735
Indiana#172591 in 854
North Dakota#20671 in 946
Arizona#210171 in 890
Florida#213441 in 1,142
Kentucky#242211 in 1,524
Louisiana#246291 in 1,339
Idaho#25551 in 1,285
Kansas#273121 in 1,751
Virginia#288211 in 1,895
Utah#32161 in 1,778
Texas#377451 in 2,520
West Virginia#38651 in 3,479
New Mexico#39851 in 2,471
Alabama#426101 in 3,471
North Carolina#438111 in 4,415
Mississippi#44671 in 3,621
Georgia#448111 in 4,049
Oklahoma#47951 in 4,194
Arkansas
South Carolina
Tennessee

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 1960

girls
#106
4,520 births · 1 in 447 girls
boys
#2,871
9 births · 1 in 236,924 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #106Maureen4,520

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #2,871Maureen9
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 447 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 98.6% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maureen
  1. #103Marie4,719
  2. #104Anna4,659
  3. #105Regina4,583
  4. #106Maureen4,520
  5. #107Colleen4,450
  6. #108Phyllis4,435
  7. #109Melissa4,412
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 236,924 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 37.6% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maureen
  1. #2,685York10
  2. #2,685Zan10
  3. #2,685Zeke10
  4. #2,871Maureen9
  5. #2,871Able9
  6. #2,871Adelbert9
  7. #2,871Adell9
  8. #3,077Adrien8
  9. #3,077Agustine8
  10. #3,077Aidan8

Tied with 205 names at #2,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960