Girls' name · since 1949
Maurica
393 babies named Maurica in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 393
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maurica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 393 have been recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Maurica recorded 393 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2002.
- #13,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 393 born since 1949
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maurica ranks #13,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 393 born since 1949, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 393
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maurica's 393 recorded births place it above 81.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maurica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maurica's full recorded timeline at 1978, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maurica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2002
- Peak year (1992)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Maurica by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (91 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Maurica's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Maurica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
41 births
- 1960s
1960s
90 births
- 1970s
1970s
58 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 91 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Maurica's decade-level peak was the 1990s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maurica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maurica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.