Maury
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOR-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Maury is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Moorish, dark-skinned”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Maury mean?
Latin: short form of Maurice; also a surname
“Moorish, dark-skinned”
Also a surname, borne by Matthew Fontaine Maury, the 19th-century US naval officer called the father of oceanography.
Is Maury a girl's or a boy's name?
Maury is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maury in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Maury, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Maury in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1994, 23% of the babies named Maury in the US were girls.
Maury in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 61 | #925 |
| 1966 | 79 | #819 |
| 1965 | 60 | #948 |
| 1964 | 83 | #831 |
| 1963 | 86 | #816 |
| 1962 | 76 | #870 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,041 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,071 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,185 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,184 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,239 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,316 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
Names like Maury
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Maury: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maury, updated 20 October 2026.