Meaning and history
Maurice comes from the Latin name Mauritius or Mauricius, derived from Maurus. It was borne by Saint Maurice, a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Egypt who, according to tradition, was martyred with fellow Christians in his legion on the orders of Emperor Maximian for refusing to worship Roman gods, making him the patron saint of infantry soldiers. The name was also used by a 6th-century Byzantine emperor and by Maurice of Nassau, or Maurits in Dutch, the 17th-century prince of Orange who helped establish the Dutch Republic. In England, the name has been in use since the Norman Conquest, usually in the forms Morris or Moris.
20062006: 761 births, rank #393
2007: 707 births, rank #414
2008: 733 births, rank #402
2009: 638 births, rank #439
2010: 600 births, rank #448
20112011: 579 births, rank #463
2012: 531 births, rank #501
2013: 505 births, rank #526
2014: 482 births, rank #579
2015: 435 births, rank #616
20162016: 406 births, rank #650
2017: 396 births, rank #651
2018: 377 births, rank #670
2019: 329 births, rank #732
2020: 271 births, rank #841
20212021: 287 births, rank #829
2022: 224 births, rank #995
2023: 226 births, rank #971
2024: 248 births, rank #931
20252025: 220 births, rank #1,018
Maurice rose from #973 to #932 for boys between 2023 and 2024. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 1,743 births.