Girls' name · peaked in 1948
Maureen name popularity since 1925
143,035 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Maureen. Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Maureen is about 70 years old in 2026. Maureen peaked in 1948 as the #88 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 143,035
- Named Maureen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,424 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 142,707 girls · 328 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 4.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Maureen made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Maureen births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Maureen peaked in 1948.
- Fastest rise: Between 1928 and 1933, Maureen became 4.3× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1967 and 1972, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 611 to 1 in 1,300.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Maureen's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Maureen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Maureen in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,218 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 11,460 | 28 | #162 |
| 1940s | 30,262 | 62 | #105 |
| 1950s | 42,813 | 88 | #100 |
| 1960s | 34,449 | 88 | #107 |
| 1970s | 10,658 | 40 | #277 |
| 1980s | 7,122 | 22 | #350 |
| 1990s | 3,018 | 0 | #777 |
| 2000s | 1,035 | 0 | #2,114 |
| 2010s | 478 | 0 | #3,638 |
| 2020–25 | 194 | 0 | #4,424 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
55.8% of babies named Maureen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Maureen is most popular
The index compares Maureen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Maureen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 4.59× | 15,373 |
| Rhode Island | 3.94× | 1,966 |
| New York | 2.96× | 31,584 |
| Connecticut | 2.92× | 4,445 |
| New Jersey | 2.60× | 10,079 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Maureen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Maureen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Maureen (1948).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data