Mourice — boys' name
28 babies named Mourice in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Mourice was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mourice in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mourice
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Mourice between 1922 and 1983, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mourice currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mourice performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mourice shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mourice 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 28 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.
Mourice at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mourice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1922
- Peak year (1974)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
28 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 8 births in a single year.
Mourice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 13 births that decade — 46% of Mourice's all-time total
Mourice decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Mourice's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1922–1983 (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.