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Maureen

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~111,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#4,352 among girls
Births in 2025
32 144,604 since 1880
Typical age
66 years, median

Maureen popularity over time

Maureen rank by birth year, 1896–2025Maureen ranked #1,292 in 1896 and #4,352 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #88, in 1948.#100#1,000#4,352best #88 in 19481920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1896–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1957: 4,606 births recorded as Maureen. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1896. Across the record, 10 years put Maureen in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #4,352, with 32 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 26%. Year on year the rank improved by 541.

Babies named Maureen per yearPeaks at 4,606 births in 1957.4,606 in 195701920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Maureen?

Roughly 111,100 Maureens are alive in the US right now. That is out of 144,604 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Maureen?

Median age among living Maureens: 66. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Maureen a mid-century name.

Your Maureen

Ages of living people named MaureenHalf of living Maureens are older than 66 and half younger.median 66020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Maureen is most common

The name is concentrated in New York, at 1.9× the national rate.

Where Maureen is used more than average1 states use the name Maureen more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.9× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Maureen is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 35 1.9×

Maureen in England and Wales

ONS recorded 7 births named Maureen in 2025, ranking it #3,333.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Maureen comes from

Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Maureen

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Maureen O'Hara Irish–American actress and singer 1920–2015 59
Maureen Stapleton American actress 1925–2006 54
Maureen O'Sullivan Irish-American actress 1911–1998 44
Maureen Connolly American tennis player 1934–1969 36
Maureen Caird Australian hurdler 1951 21
Maureen George field hockey player 1955 19
Maureen Forrester Canadian operatic contralto 1930–2010 18
Maureen Gardner British athletics competitor 1928–1974 17
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 309 in 1929 to 532 in 1930 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Maureen

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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