Maurice
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MO-ris
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,018 for boys
Maurice is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “a Moor”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,018th for boys in the US (220 babies).
What does Maurice mean?
Latin: from Mauritius, via French
“a Moor”
From Latin Mauritius, from Maurus, a Moor; St Maurice was said to command the Theban Legion.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maurice a girl's or a boy's name?
Maurice is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 220 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maurice in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Maurice, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Maurice since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Maurice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#50), 1914 (#48), 1924 (#47), 1934 (#43), 1944 (#62) and 1954 (#95).
Maurice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,033 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Maurice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,018among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 220about 1 in 7,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 220 boys in the US were named Maurice, making it the 1,018th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 841st. Its busiest year was 1921, with 1,743 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Maurice than any year since 1907.
Half of all the boys named Maurice in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maurice in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 220 | #1,018 |
| 2024 | 248 | #931 |
| 2023 | 226 | #971 |
| 2022 | 224 | #995 |
| 2021 | 287 | #829 |
| 2020 | 271 | #841 |
| 2019 | 329 | #732 |
| 2018 | 377 | #670 |
| 2017 | 396 | #651 |
| 2016 | 406 | #650 |
| 2015 | 435 | #616 |
| 2014 | 482 | #579 |
| 2013 | 505 | #526 |
| 2012 | 531 | #501 |
| 2011 | 579 | #463 |
| 2010 | 600 | #448 |
| 2009 | 638 | #439 |
| 2008 | 733 | #402 |
| 2007 | 707 | #414 |
| 2006 | 761 | #393 |
| 2005 | 661 | #411 |
| 2004 | 712 | #383 |
| 2003 | 757 | #358 |
| 2002 | 697 | #377 |
| 2001 | 717 | #371 |
| 2000 | 795 | #345 |
| 1999 | 734 | #356 |
| 1998 | 832 | #327 |
| 1997 | 827 | #320 |
| 1996 | 809 | #324 |
| 1995 | 888 | #300 |
| 1994 | 932 | #294 |
| 1993 | 1,112 | #258 |
| 1992 | 1,164 | #247 |
| 1991 | 1,301 | #228 |
| 1990 | 1,488 | #206 |
| 1989 | 1,421 | #204 |
| 1988 | 1,493 | #186 |
| 1987 | 1,473 | #187 |
| 1986 | 1,511 | #176 |
| 1985 | 1,559 | #173 |
| 1984 | 1,590 | #168 |
| 1983 | 1,684 | #162 |
| 1982 | 1,647 | #165 |
| 1981 | 1,641 | #163 |
| 1980 | 1,556 | #162 |
| 1979 | 1,594 | #160 |
| 1978 | 1,575 | #157 |
| 1977 | 1,440 | #166 |
| 1976 | 1,347 | #174 |
| 1975 | 1,384 | #169 |
| 1974 | 1,375 | #173 |
| 1973 | 1,439 | #165 |
| 1972 | 1,641 | #160 |
| 1971 | 1,698 | #162 |
| 1970 | 1,740 | #165 |
| 1969 | 1,570 | #178 |
| 1968 | 1,475 | #179 |
| 1967 | 1,526 | #173 |
| 1966 | 1,417 | #180 |
| 1965 | 1,417 | #181 |
| 1964 | 1,502 | #187 |
| 1963 | 1,490 | #199 |
| 1962 | 1,482 | #203 |
| 1961 | 1,443 | #202 |
| 1960 | 1,321 | #212 |
| 1959 | 1,364 | #208 |
| 1958 | 1,292 | #209 |
| 1957 | 1,392 | #196 |
| 1956 | 1,326 | #201 |
| 1955 | 1,221 | #206 |
| 1954 | 1,223 | #205 |
| 1953 | 1,229 | #198 |
| 1952 | 1,219 | #191 |
| 1951 | 1,121 | #195 |
| 1950 | 1,197 | #185 |
| 1949 | 1,153 | #183 |
| 1948 | 1,002 | #198 |
| 1947 | 1,140 | #181 |
| 1946 | 1,058 | #176 |
| 1945 | 913 | #177 |
| 1944 | 1,023 | #168 |
| 1943 | 1,105 | #165 |
| 1942 | 1,027 | #165 |
| 1941 | 1,026 | #163 |
| 1940 | 1,030 | #161 |
| 1939 | 1,016 | #157 |
| 1938 | 1,152 | #143 |
| 1937 | 1,069 | #144 |
| 1936 | 1,154 | #137 |
| 1935 | 1,234 | #130 |
| 1934 | 1,239 | #132 |
| 1933 | 1,310 | #128 |
| 1932 | 1,418 | #122 |
| 1931 | 1,496 | #117 |
| 1930 | 1,550 | #116 |
| 1929 | 1,376 | #125 |
| 1928 | 1,494 | #119 |
| 1927 | 1,493 | #122 |
| 1926 | 1,640 | #110 |
| 1925 | 1,586 | #111 |
| 1924 | 1,714 | #102 |
| 1923 | 1,711 | #101 |
| 1922 | 1,696 | #103 |
| 1921 | 1,743 | #101 |
| 1920 | 1,708 | #102 |
| 1919 | 1,474 | #108 |
| 1918 | 1,636 | #103 |
| 1917 | 1,554 | #101 |
| 1916 | 1,584 | #99 |
| 1915 | 1,440 | #101 |
| 1914 | 1,256 | #94 |
| 1913 | 994 | #95 |
| 1912 | 811 | #95 |
| 1911 | 397 | #99 |
| 1910 | 283 | #110 |
| 1909 | 245 | #113 |
| 1908 | 241 | #106 |
| 1907 | 208 | #115 |
| 1906 | 197 | #109 |
| 1905 | 202 | #106 |
| 1904 | 165 | #129 |
| 1903 | 182 | #107 |
| 1902 | 187 | #102 |
| 1901 | 160 | #106 |
| 1900 | 193 | #119 |
| 1899 | 117 | #137 |
| 1898 | 143 | #126 |
| 1897 | 117 | #139 |
| 1896 | 127 | #133 |
| 1895 | 136 | #122 |
| 1894 | 125 | #128 |
| 1893 | 149 | #112 |
| 1892 | 137 | #123 |
| 1891 | 117 | #118 |
| 1890 | 102 | #138 |
| 1889 | 109 | #131 |
| 1888 | 100 | #152 |
| 1887 | 88 | #144 |
| 1886 | 97 | #139 |
| 1885 | 96 | #141 |
| 1884 | 115 | #126 |
| 1883 | 89 | #144 |
| 1882 | 102 | #139 |
| 1881 | 72 | #168 |
| 1880 | 93 | #145 |
Nicknames for Maurice
- Mo
Names like Maurice
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maurice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maurice, updated 20 October 2026.