Maurene — girls' name
635 babies named Maurene in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Maurene was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Maurene in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maurene
The Social Security Administration has registered 635 babies named Maurene between 1904 and 1981, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maurene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maurene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Maurene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maurene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maurene 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 635 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.
Maurene at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maurene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1904
- Peak year (1954)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
635 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 20 births in a single year.
Maurene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 124 births that decade — 20% of Maurene's all-time total
Maurene decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Maurene's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Maurene by state
Where Maurene concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 635 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1904–1981 (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.