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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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
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1892
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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.

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 1967

girls
#129
2,702 births · 1 in 611 girls
boys
#3,559
6 births · 1 in 290,635 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #129Maureen2,702

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #3,559Maureen6
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 611 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maureen
  1. #126Marie2,738
  2. #127Jane2,729
  3. #128Yvonne2,706
  4. #129Maureen2,702
  5. #130Judith2,663
  6. #131Amanda2,660
  7. #132Tanya2,657
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 290,635 of them was named Maureen, which outranked 21.8% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maureen
  1. #3,231Yuval7
  2. #3,231Yvon7
  3. #3,231Zak7
  4. #3,559Maureen6
  5. #3,559Abran6
  6. #3,559Adams6
  7. #3,559Adriano6
  8. #3,966Aarron5
  9. #3,966Abdullah5
  10. #3,966Abelino5

Tied with 406 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967