Maurice

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name, also used as a surname. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion.

From Wikipedia

Maurice first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 710 babies (rank #41 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Maurice

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Maurice yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

12,873
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
710
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195527#295
195630#290
195730#293
195839#263
195955#227
196060#219
196179#202
1962116#155
1963156#125
1964218#99
1965237#92
1966287#82
1967309#79
1968482#54
1969581#50
1970710#41
1971645#45
1972675#35
1973569#36
1974527#38
1975496#39
1976481#40
1977361#59
1978367#57
1979365#56
1980353#61
1981285#71
1982303#64
1983237#81
1984211#92
1985249#81
1986238#91
1987216#102
1988210#98
1989198#101
1990185#112
1991204#103
1992202#105
1993189#108
1994159#126
1995175#118
1996166#122
1997147#137
1998150#142
1999126#161
2000139#152
2001108#187
2002101#192
200389#213
200472#242
200542#354
200657#280
200730#412
200835#370
200925#432
201023#461
201113#633
201219#489
20137#836
20148#766