Maruice — boys' name
168 babies named Maruice in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
168 boys have been named Maruice since 1967, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1994.
- 168
- total births
- 1967–1994
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Maruice was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Maruice in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maruice
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Maruice between 1967 and 1994, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maruice currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maruice performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maruice shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maruice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 168 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maruice at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maruice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1967
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
168 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 12 births in a single year.
Maruice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 66 births that decade — 39% of Maruice's all-time total
Maruice decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Maruice's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.