Maureen
Maureen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. Its best rank was 88th, in 1948.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19574,595 births
- Best rank
- #88in 1948
- Since 1896
- 144,245people given the name
The story in the numbers
144,245 girls have been named Maureen in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 4,595 births — 0.22% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 27 births in 2024, against 4,595 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 30%. It has spent 88 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 10 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Maureen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 91 | |
| 1910s | 703 | |
| 1920s | 1,981 | |
| 1930s | 11,460 | |
| 1940s | 30,262 | |
| 1950s | 42,813 | |
| 1960s | 34,448 | |
| 1970s | 10,659 | |
| 1980s | 7,123 | |
| 1990s | 3,018 | |
| 2000s | 1,035 | |
| 2010s | 478 | |
| 2020s | 162 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Maureen was the 103rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1957 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Maureen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Conniepeak 1955
- Donnapeak 1959
- Francinepeak 1951
- Gaylenepeak 1956
- Sherillpeak 1954
- Suzannpeak 1947
- Dremapeak 1959
- Francenepeak 1950
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.