boys:
168 births since 1967
#4418 (4th percentile)
overall:
168 births since 1967
#7571 (2nd percentile)
The name Maruice is the #7,571 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 168 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,418 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 168 births since 1967.
Maruice first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (first recorded for boys in 1967). Birth data for Maruice is available in 22 out of the 28 years between 1967 and 1994. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Maruice reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #674) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maruice".
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Our model has identified 18 different pronunciations for the name Maruice. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.1% confident that Maruice is pronounced as muh-REES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mer-UE-ees, at 12.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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