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Maureen
Pronounced /ˈmɔːɹiːn/
Rank in 2024
#4,907
Born in 2024
27
Peak year
1957 · #103
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 27 girls were named Maureen, about 1 in every 59,748.
- It peaked in 1957 with 4,595 babies, ranked #103.
- It first shows up in the records in 1896.
- 144,245 girls have been named Maureen since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Maureen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 1.3Silent1928–45
- 2.2Boomers1946–64
- 1.0Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,182 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 26,546 babies, 1.28 per 1,000. Boomers: 79,645 babies, 2.22 per 1,000. Gen X: 24,926 babies, 0.98 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,675 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,780 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 479 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary. By surface analysis, Maura + -een.
- A female given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈmɔːɹiːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Maureen, CC BY-SA 4.0.