Maurie
Maurie is a masculine given name, sometimes a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Maurice. People named Maurie include:Maurie Beasy (1896–1979), Australian rules footballer Maurie Collins (1876–1943), Australian rules footballer Maurie Connell (1902–1975), Australian rules footballer Maurie Considine (1932–2023), former Australian rules footballer Maurie Daigneau, American former college and World…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maurie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maurie is a masculine given name, sometimes a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Maurice. People named Maurie include:Maurie Beasy (1896–1979), Australian rules footballer Maurie Collins (1876–1943), Australian rules footballer Maurie Connell (1902–1975), Australian rules footballer Maurie Considine (1932–2023), former Australian rules footballer Maurie Daigneau, American former college and World…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maurie
As a girl name
Maurie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 15 births, good for #3,294 nationwide. About 22% of every Maurie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Maurie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 317 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Maurie on the record books as a boy name in 1913, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1963, when 10 Mauries were born — ranking #2,675 that year. About 35% of every Maurie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Maurie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 98 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maurie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maurie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Maurie
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About the name Maurie
Maurie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 317 births in the dataset. Maurie's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #3,294. Use the chart and map above to compare Maurie'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 .
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