How Many People Are Named Maureen?
people named Maureen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,174 people in the US has this name
Based on 144,604 babies named Maureen in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,606 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Maureen in English. Counting Maureen and these spellings together, about 109,951 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Maureen (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maureen alive today is about 64 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maureen first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1957, to 4,606 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maureen never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #88, in 1948, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 1946 to 1955. In 2025 it ranked #4,423.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,423 |
| Best rank | #88 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (1946 to 1955) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #101 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maureen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maureen were born in New York than in any other state: about 22,961 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maureen was given 4 times as often in Massachusetts, 3.3 times in Rhode Island and 2.7 times in Connecticut.
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