Maurine
Feminine
Maurine is Maureen respelled, and Maureen is the Irish Máirín — little Mary — which makes it a diminutive of a name whose own meaning nobody has recovered.
How old is the name Maurine?
Maurine first appears in US birth records in 1890 — 135 years ago. The typical Maurine alive today was born around 1923, making them about 102 years old. About 1,900 people named Maurine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maurine most popular?
Maurine peaked in 1913, reaching #329 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 14,613 places below that high. See the whole 1913 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Máire to Maurine
The story of Maurine
Irish naming produced Máire from Mary and Máirín as its diminutive, anglicized as Maureen and Maurine. Irish emigration brought both to America in the nineteenth century, and they rose sharply in the twentieth. Maurine ran as the minority spelling and peaked around 1926, at the height of the whole family.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Through Máirín, the Irish diminutive of Máire, which is Mary. Mary's own origin is unrecovered: proposals include the Egyptian mry, 'beloved', and Hebrew readings meaning 'bitter', 'rebellious' or 'wished-for child'. None is established, though the name is the most used in Europe.
How the name formed
- Máire
- Máirín
- Maureen
- Maurine
Related forms: Maureen · Máirín · Moreen
Pronouncing Maurine
maw-REEN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Maurine and Maureen are said identically.
Nicknames for Maurine
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1890
- Most girls named
- 1917313 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #329reached in 1913
- Change vs 2010
- 0.0%5 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maurine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maureen in English — spelling variant
- Máirín in Irish — related form
- Moreen in English — spelling variant
Maurines among us
people named Maurine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Maurine
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Maurine sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Maurine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maurine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It belongs to the most-used name family in European history.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Mo and Reenie are two short forms at very different registers.
- Maureen is much the commoner spelling.
- Mary's own meaning is genuinely unrecovered.
- It is strongly period-coded to the 1920s and 1930s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maurines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Maurine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maurine in 2025?
- Maurine ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maurine?
- About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Maurine — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maurine with classmates?
- Maurine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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