How popular is the name Maureen?

Maureen ranks 290th among girls' names in US records, with 144,836 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 381.

Is Maureen a unisex name?

No. Maureen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1957, when 4,605 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#290 of girl names

Pronounced M AO0 R IY1 N (ARPABET)

Maureen is a girls' name, and first appears in 1896. It has been given to 144,836 children — the 290th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 381 births across the past decade, against a peak of 4,605 in a single year. That peak was in 1957.

1957Girls: 4,605Boys: 10

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Maureen?: Maureen ranks 290th among girls' names in US records, with 144,836 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 381.
Is Maureen a unisex name?: No. Maureen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Maureen most popular?: 1957, when 4,605 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.