first name
MAURICE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 71,289 people named Maurice, 60% reported their origin as Black, 29.7% as White and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maurice peaked in 1921, when 1,797 babies got the name.
At least 138,943 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Maurice by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #233. The largest share of babies named Maurice, 19.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Maurice is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maurice has been most common in District of Columbia (4.2×), New Hampshire (4.1×), and Maine (3.5×), and least common in Utah (0.22×).
129,676 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Maurice
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maurice, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maurice ranks #8,307 of 156,621, with 3,819 people. See Maurice as a last name
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