Maurice
About Maurice
In the USA, Maurice was in the Top 200 for most of the 20th century; since 1990, however, it has been on a slow and steady decline. This name has the potential for some old-school cute nicknames such as Mo as well as the more trendy Reece.
Pronounced MOR-ees; mor-EES.
As of October 2026, Maurice ranked #1020 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #94 in 1914, Nameberry popularity #753.
Editor's take: The name Maurice is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "dark-skinned".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #580 | 480 | 249.9 |
| 2015 | #617 | 435 | 226.9 |
| 2016 | #651 | 406 | 213.9 |
| 2017 | #651 | 396 | 213.9 |
| 2018 | #670 | 377 | 207.6 |
| 2019 | #732 | 329 | 183.4 |
| 2020 | #844 | 271 | 157 |
| 2021 | #830 | 287 | 164 |
| 2022 | #996 | 224 | 128.3 |
| 2023 | #972 | 226 | 132.1 |
| 2024 | #930 | 248 | 143.9 |
| 2025 | #1,020 | 220 | 128.8 |
World rankings
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Maurice on lists
Famous Maurices
- (Joseph)
Maurice Ravel, French composer
- Maurice Auguste Chevalier
French actor and singer
- Maurice Couve de Murville
French Prime Minister
- Maurice Ernest Gibb
lead singer of English band the Bee Gees
- (Joseph Henri) Maurice "Rocket" Richard
Canadian ice hockey player
- Maurice Barrymore
American actor
- Maurice Benard
American actor
- Maurice Durufle
French composer
- Frederick Maurice (F.M.) Powicke
English historian
- Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck
Belgian playwright
- Maurice Fountain
American football player
- Maurice Hinchey
American politician
- Maurice Hurt
American football player
- Maurice Jarre
French composer
- Maurice LaMarche
Canadian voice actor
- Maurice Kottelat
Swiss ichthyologist
- Maurice Jones
Drew, American football player
- Maurice Micklewhite
birth name of English actor Michael Caine
- Maurice
Prince of Orange, Dutch military strategist
- Maurice Victor Donald
Prince of Battenberg, youngest grandson of Queen Victoria
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour
French portrait artist
- Maurice Bernard Sendak
American children's writer
- Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca
American comedian and TV personality
- Maurice Samuel "Mo" Vaughn
American baseball player
- Maurice John Giblin "Mo" Johnston
Scottish footballer
- Maurice David Lighty
son of Tayler Hill & David Lighty
- Maurice Multhaup
German footballer
Maurice in pop culture
- "Maurice
" novel by E.M. Forster
- Maurice Moss
character on British TV's "The IT Crowd"
- Maurice
Belle's father in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
- Maurice Rodriguez aka Twister
character on animated series "Rocket Power"
- Maurice Minnifield
character from TV series "Northern Exposure"
- Maurice
Samantha Stephens' father on TV's "Bewitched"
- "Child Maurice"
Traditional English-language folk ballad