Maureen
Maureen is a name with multiple cultural origins: Irish, English.
- Irish
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maureen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maureen is a name with multiple cultural origins: Irish, English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
- English
The Story of Maureen
American parents first put Maureen on the record books as a baby girl name in 1896, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 4,595 Maureens were born — ranking #103 that year. About 30% of every Maureen on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maureen ranks #4,389 for baby girls with 32 births, gradually falling (-12%). All told, over 144K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maureen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maureen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Maureen
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About the name Maureen
Maureen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1896 and has accumulated 144K births in the dataset. Maureen's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #88. Use the chart and map above to compare Maureen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.