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

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Peak · boys
1889 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,512
since 1889

Maury over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #3,321, 1956peak #789, 1889girlsboys
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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#8,2439
2024#10,9386
2023#6,51713
2022#9,8237
2021#9,7147
2020#10,6056
2019
2018#6,03614
2017#10,7756
2016#7,15711
2015#12,0865
2014#8,1309
2013#5,92314
2012#7,05011
2011#7,50210
2010#9,6937
2009#8,3109
2008#6,07014
2007#4,49321
2006#15,1526#7,42710
2005#3,71025
2004#5,00716
2003#4,11420
2002#15,4325#4,70316
2001#3,72122
2000#5,04014
1999#3,83419
1998#3,70819
1997#4,66813
1996#13,5185#3,67818
1995#11,7836#4,50813
1994#10,5697#2,95124
1993#9,5598#4,22714
1992#2,74725
1991#4,47612
1990#10,1937#3,05820
1989#10,8476#3,20518
1988#11,7985#3,20316
1987#4,9688
1986#3,44013
1985#3,40113
1984#6,29110#4,5528
1983#3,23013
1982#7,4698#3,28213
1981#9,1106#3,41212
1980#9,0956#2,72917
1979#10,2105#2,46519
1978#2,27920
1977#3,38611
1976#3,09512
1975#2,54016
1974#7,6806#3,12011
1973#6,6667#1,73626
1972#1,60329
1971#7,3886#1,66828
1970#5,4139#1,27842
1969#5,9747#1,35135
1968#7,0165#1,28235
1967#6,8045#92561
1966#4,8668#81979
1965#4,8318#94860
1964#6,0096#83183
1963#3,63513#81686
1962#4,01111#87176
1961#5,3097#1,04256
1960#4,4379#1,07252
1959#6,2455#1,14146
1958#4,8907#1,18642
1957#1,18543
1956#3,32113#1,33533
1955#1,24037
1954#3,9679#1,18640
1953#3,9559#1,42728
1952#1,34731
1951#1,17138
1950#1,27232
1949#1,01347
1948#3,8838#1,34629
1947#1,25234
1946#1,12438
1945#4,5565#1,34924
1944#1,28227
1943#1,36826
1942#1,31628
1941#1,58819
1940#4,3495#1,68017
1939#1,53219
1938#1,74116
1937#1,68817
1936#1,80115
1935#1,75716
1934#2,12112
1933#1,54020
1932#2,31311
1931#1,84316
1930#2,7819
1929#1,73119
1928#2,65910
1927#2,19314
1926#2,18614
1925#1,87018
1924#2,82210
1923#1,94117
1922#3,0149
1921#1,36030
1920#2,76510
1919#2,38512
1918#2,26013
1917#2,09114
1916#2,15213
1915#2,18412
1914#3,2645
1913#1,67611
1912#1,41712
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1906#1,2535
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First appearance
1889

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.

See more about Maury
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1962–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,797
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 24.8% of all boys named Maury (623) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
  • Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#789 (1889)#789
1890s0
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s92#1,417 (1912)#2,179
1920s151#1,360 (1921)#2,254
1930s151#1,532 (1939)#1,912
1940s289#1,013 (1949)#1,332
1950s370#1,141 (1959)#1,249
1960s623#816 (1963)#996
1970s214#1,278 (1970)#2,317
1980s131#2,729 (1980)#3,542
1990s177#2,747 (1992)#3,786
2000s167#3,710 (2005)#5,260
2010s87#5,923 (2013)#8,261
2020s48#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 1889

boys
#789
7 births · 1 in 15,797 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #789Maury7
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 15,797 of them was named Maury, which outranked 29.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maury
  1. #722Whitney8
  2. #722Willian8
  3. #722Zeb8
  4. #789Maury7
  5. #789Ada7
  6. #789Adelard7
  7. #789Adolfo7
  8. #878Alcide6
  9. #878Alger6
  10. #878Almon6

Tied with 88 names at #789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

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

See the top 100 for 1889