Boy

Maurice

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
#1,020
220 boys
2015
#617
rank
1950
#185
rank

Maurice: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 220 in 2025. Its best rank was #94 in 1914.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Peaked at #94 in 1914; #1,020 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Maurice in 2025 was a boy.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

#1,020 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1914, at #94.

Babies in 2025
220
Since 1880
138,943
Years on record
146

Babies named Maurice, every year since 1880

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Boys

Maurice: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 220 boys in 2025. Peak: #94 in 1914 · most boys in one year: 1,743 (1921).

About the name Maurice

In 2025, 220 US boys were named Maurice, making it the 1,020th most common boys’ name of the year, down 88 places from #932 in 2024. That is 28 fewer than the 248 boys named Maurice in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #94, reached in 1914. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,743, in 1921. For comparison, it was #617 in 2015 and #185 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Maurice in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 93 babies with the name. In all, 138,943 US babies have been given the name, 1.9% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 16,754 babies named Maurice.

Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,984 US boys were named Maurice; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 406. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,764 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.

Among the states, Maurice ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #607 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mauricio (24,231 babies since 1880) and Maury (2,770 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marice, Maurizio and Maruice are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Morey.

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

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Related spellings

Rare spellings summarised here: Marice (1,184), Maurizio (707), Maruice (168), Moritz (142), Marrick (21), Marick (12), Mauritz (12), Mariss (10), Maric (5), Maurus (5), Maurece (5), Marike (5).

Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.

Nicknames

  • Morey

Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).

Maurice by state, 2025

US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.

StateBirths 2025Rank 2025Rank 2015
Indiana11#607#703
Maryland7#672#303
Michigan11#704#337
Florida21#743#516
Pennsylvania11#775#484
Kentucky5#775#579
Georgia10#898#387
Ohio9#911#487
New York13#974#619
North Carolina8#992#398
Virginia6#1,046#422
California20#1,072#758
New Jersey5#1,130#498
Texas18#1,200#1,027
Illinois6#1,233#395

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2025——220#1,020
2024——248#932
2023——226#973
2022——224#996
2021——287#830
2020——271#844
2019——329#732
2018——377#670
2017——396#651
2016——406#651
2015——435#617
2014——482#580
2013——505#526
2012——531#502
2011——579#464
2010——600#448
2009——638#439
2008——733#402
2007——707#415
2006——761#394
2005——661#411
2004——712#384
2003——757#358
2002——697#377
2001——717#372
2000——795#345
1999——734#356
1998——832#327
1997——827#320
1996——809#325
19955#14,903888#300
19948#10,178932#294
19935#14,9231,112#258
19927#11,2501,164#248
19917#11,0411,301#228
199013#6,7221,488#206
198912#6,8011,421#204
198820#4,4251,493#186
198731#3,0691,473#187
198614#5,3601,511#176
198525#3,4771,559#173
198417#4,4291,590#168
198319#4,0531,684#162
198222#3,7171,647#165
198116#4,6551,641#163
198026#3,2801,556#162
197925#3,2971,594#160
197820#3,7141,575#157
197728#2,8851,440#166
197630#2,6391,347#174
197518#3,7151,384#169
197425#2,8851,375#173
197323#2,9751,439#165
197226#2,7141,641#160
197128#2,6431,698#162
197029#2,5571,740#165
196923#2,8121,570#178
196831#2,1921,475#179
196721#2,7521,526#173
196624#2,4991,417#180
196521#2,7251,417#181
196421#2,7951,502#187
196320#2,8321,490#199
196227#2,3431,482#203
196115#3,4181,443#202
196024#2,4871,321#212
195923#2,4401,364#208
195826#2,2391,292#209
195721#2,5361,392#196
195624#2,3001,326#202
195516#2,9141,221#206
195426#2,1091,223#205
195320#2,4101,229#198
195223#2,1771,219#191
195129#1,8281,121#195
195022#2,1001,197#185
194931#1,7241,153#183
194825#1,9301,002#198
194723#2,0721,140#181
194619#2,2021,058#176
194520#1,924913#177
194420#1,9491,023#168
194325#1,7381,105#165
194230#1,5191,027#166
194125#1,5931,026#163
194034#1,2861,030#161
193919#1,8511,016#157
193827#1,4661,152#143
193725#1,5231,069#144
193632#1,2861,154#137
193528#1,4071,234#130
193432#1,2801,239#132
193347#1,0171,310#129
193238#1,1711,418#122
193151#9821,496#117
193048#1,0691,550#116
192947#1,0751,376#125
192868#8941,494#119
192764#9481,493#122
192660#9681,640#110
192559#9731,586#111
192463#9661,714#102
192353#1,0491,711#101
192263#9371,696#103
192154#1,0301,743#101
192062#9281,708#102
191956#9511,474#108
191859#9341,636#103
191748#1,0241,554#101
191659#8841,584#100
191561#8371,440#101
191431#1,0911,256#94
191335#909994#95
191224#1,070811#95
191115#1,218397#99
19105#2,657283#110
190912#1,262245#113
19088#1,633241#106
190710#1,350208#116
19069#1,390197#109
190512#1,142202#106
19048#1,443165#129
1903——182#108
1902——187#102
19016#1,603160#106
1900——193#119
1899——117#137
18985#1,867143#129
1897——117#139
1896——127#133
1895——136#123
1894——125#128
1893——149#112
1892——137#124
1891——117#119
1890——102#140
1889——109#131
1888——100#153
1887——88#145
1886——97#141
1885——96#143
1884——115#126
1883——89#145
1882——102#139
1881——72#170
1880——93#146

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).