Boys' name · peaked in 1913
Maurice name popularity since 1925
113,973 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Maurice (1.6% girls, 98.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1968 or earlier, so the typical Maurice is about 58 years old in 2026. Maurice peaked in 1913 as the #95 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 113,973
- Named Maurice, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1913
- #95 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,020 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.4% boys
- 1,853 girls · 112,120 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 4.54× its national share
Peak year is the year Maurice made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Maurice births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Maurice peaked earlier, in 1913.
- Steepest fall: Between 2017 and 2022, Maurice's share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 4,670 to 1 in 7,790.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Maurice's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Maurice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Maurice in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 298 | 7,589 | – |
| 1930s | 347 | 12,638 | #130 |
| 1940s | 252 | 10,477 | #177 |
| 1950s | 230 | 12,584 | #206 |
| 1960s | 227 | 14,643 | #181 |
| 1970s | 252 | 15,233 | #169 |
| 1980s | 202 | 15,575 | #173 |
| 1990s | 45 | 10,087 | #300 |
| 2000s | 0 | 7,178 | #411 |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,640 | #617 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,476 | #1,020 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
21.6% of babies named Maurice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Maurice is most popular
The index compares Maurice'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 Maurice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 4.54× | 2,322 |
| New Hampshire | 3.48× | 1,213 |
| Maine | 3.24× | 1,536 |
| Vermont | 2.95× | 546 |
| Maryland | 2.15× | 3,635 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Maurice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Maurice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Maurice (1913).
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