Maurice
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #1,018 for boys in 2025, 220 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 1,256 births
- Debut · boys
- 93 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 5 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 136,332since 1880
Maurice over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,018 | 220 | |
| 2024 | — | #931 | 248 | |
| 2023 | — | #971 | 226 | |
| 2022 | — | #995 | 224 | |
| 2021 | — | #829 | 287 | |
| 2020 | — | #841 | 271 | |
| 2019 | — | #732 | 329 | |
| 2018 | — | #670 | 377 | |
| 2017 | — | #651 | 396 | |
| 2016 | — | #650 | 406 | |
| 2015 | — | #616 | 435 | |
| 2014 | — | #579 | 482 | |
| 2013 | — | #526 | 505 | |
| 2012 | — | #501 | 531 | |
| 2011 | — | #463 | 579 | |
| 2010 | — | #448 | 600 | |
| 2009 | — | #439 | 638 | |
| 2008 | — | #402 | 733 | |
| 2007 | — | #414 | 707 | |
| 2006 | — | #393 | 761 | |
| 2005 | — | #411 | 661 | |
| 2004 | — | #383 | 712 | |
| 2003 | — | #358 | 757 | |
| 2002 | — | #377 | 697 | |
| 2001 | — | #371 | 717 | |
| 2000 | — | #345 | 795 | |
| 1999 | — | #356 | 734 | |
| 1998 | — | #327 | 832 | |
| 1997 | — | #320 | 827 | |
| 1996 | — | #324 | 809 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #300 | 888 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #294 | 932 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #258 | 1,112 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #247 | 1,164 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #228 | 1,301 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #206 | 1,488 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #204 | 1,421 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | #186 | 1,493 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #187 | 1,473 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #176 | 1,511 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #173 | 1,559 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #168 | 1,590 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #162 | 1,684 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #165 | 1,647 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #163 | 1,641 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #162 | 1,556 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #160 | 1,594 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #157 | 1,575 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #166 | 1,440 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | #174 | 1,347 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #169 | 1,384 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | #173 | 1,375 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #165 | 1,439 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | #160 | 1,641 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | #162 | 1,698 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #165 | 1,740 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #178 | 1,570 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | #179 | 1,475 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 | #173 | 1,526 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 | #180 | 1,417 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | #181 | 1,417 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #187 | 1,502 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #199 | 1,490 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 | #203 | 1,482 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #202 | 1,443 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #212 | 1,321 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #208 | 1,364 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | #209 | 1,292 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #196 | 1,392 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #201 | 1,326 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #206 | 1,221 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #205 | 1,223 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #198 | 1,229 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #191 | 1,219 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #195 | 1,121 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #185 | 1,197 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | #183 | 1,153 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #198 | 1,002 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | #181 | 1,140 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #176 | 1,058 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #177 | 913 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | #168 | 1,023 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #165 | 1,105 |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | #165 | 1,027 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 | #163 | 1,026 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | #161 | 1,030 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #157 | 1,016 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #143 | 1,152 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #144 | 1,069 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #137 | 1,154 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | #130 | 1,234 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | #132 | 1,239 |
| 1933 | #1,008 | 47 | #128 | 1,310 |
| 1932 | #1,162 | 38 | #122 | 1,418 |
| 1931 | #970 | 51 | #117 | 1,496 |
| 1930 | #1,059 | 48 | #116 | 1,550 |
| 1929 | #1,064 | 47 | #125 | 1,376 |
| 1928 | #888 | 68 | #119 | 1,494 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 | #122 | 1,493 |
| 1926 | #963 | 60 | #110 | 1,640 |
| 1925 | #970 | 59 | #111 | 1,586 |
| 1924 | #962 | 63 | #102 | 1,714 |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 | #101 | 1,711 |
| 1922 | #932 | 63 | #103 | 1,696 |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 | #101 | 1,743 |
| 1920 | #921 | 62 | #102 | 1,708 |
| 1919 | #944 | 56 | #108 | 1,474 |
| 1918 | #930 | 59 | #103 | 1,636 |
| 1917 | #1,013 | 48 | #101 | 1,554 |
| 1916 | #882 | 59 | #99 | 1,584 |
| 1915 | #831 | 61 | #101 | 1,440 |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 | #94 | 1,256 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 | #95 | 994 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | #95 | 811 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #99 | 397 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #110 | 283 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | #113 | 245 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #106 | 241 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | #115 | 208 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #109 | 197 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | #106 | 202 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #129 | 165 |
| 1903 | — | #107 | 182 | |
| 1902 | — | #102 | 187 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #106 | 160 |
| 1900 | — | #119 | 193 | |
| 1899 | — | #137 | 117 | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #126 | 143 |
| 1897 | — | #139 | 117 | |
| 1896 | — | #133 | 127 | |
| 1895 | — | #122 | 136 | |
| 1894 | — | #128 | 125 | |
| 1893 | — | #112 | 149 | |
| 1892 | — | #123 | 137 | |
| 1891 | — | #118 | 117 | |
| 1890 | — | #138 | 102 | |
| 1889 | — | #131 | 109 | |
| 1888 | — | #152 | 100 | |
| 1887 | — | #144 | 88 | |
| 1886 | — | #139 | 97 | |
| 1885 | — | #141 | 96 | |
| 1884 | — | #126 | 115 | |
| 1883 | — | #144 | 89 | |
| 1882 | — | #139 | 102 | |
| 1881 | — | #168 | 72 | |
| 1880 | — | #145 | 93 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Maurice was already there! It came in at #145, and was given to 93 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.
See more about Maurice
- 87 spots since 2024 (#931 → #1,018)
- 177 spots since 2020 (#841 → #1,018)
- 402 spots since 2015 (#616 → #1,018)
- Biggest jump: 40 spots in 2024 (#971 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 2022 (#829 → #995)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #94 (1,256 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 96 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1911–1914
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2024
- Highest: 1 in 516 boys born in 1913 were named Maurice (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,764 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #94 in 1914, was only 1 in 521 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 11.9% of all boys named Maurice (16,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 961 | #126 (1884) | #143 |
| 1890s | 1,270 | #112 (1893) | #128 |
| 1900s | 1,980 | #102 (1902) | #111 |
| 1910s | 11,429 | #94 (1914) | #101 |
| 1920s | 16,161 | #101 (1921) | #110 |
| 1930s | 12,638 | #116 (1930) | #133 |
| 1940s | 10,477 | #161 (1940) | #174 |
| 1950s | 12,584 | #185 (1950) | #199 |
| 1960s | 14,643 | #173 (1967) | #189 |
| 1970s | 15,233 | #157 (1978) | #165 |
| 1980s | 15,575 | #162 (1983) | #175 |
| 1990s | 10,087 | #206 (1990) | #286 |
| 2000s | 7,178 | #345 (2000) | #389 |
| 2010s | 4,640 | #448 (2010) | #584 |
| 2020s | 1,476 | #829 (2021) | #931 |
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.
Maurice in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 67,916 of them was named Maurice, which outranked 68.5% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,858Suzzanne26
- #1,858Thomasena26
- #1,858Tomi26
- #1,901Maurice25
- #1,901Aimee25
- #1,901Allen25
- #1,901Barrie25
- #1,953Adria24
- #1,953Alfredia24
- #1,953Alyson24
Tied with 51 names at #1,901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 1,751 of them was named Maurice, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.