Maud

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1908 at #1,373
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 425 births
Debut · girls
345 births
In top 100 · girls
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,159
since 1880

Maud over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #68, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776
2023
2022#13,5926
2021
2020
2019
2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016
2015
2014#14,5586
2013#14,5826
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#12,1877
2001#15,3525
2000
1999
1998
1997#13,7245
1996#11,8076
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#13,1475
1990
1989
1988
1987#9,8256
1986#10,9125
1985
1984#9,1446
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974#6,2588
1973#5,5809
1972#5,9598
1971
1970#5,06110
1969#5,0579
1968#5,6427
1967#6,8045
1966#5,8096
1965#3,95211
1964#5,0088
1963
1962#5,2937
1961#4,5469
1960#3,92011
1959#5,5666
1958#3,37913
1957#3,93010
1956#3,69611
1955#3,57111
1954#3,15713
1953#2,51618
1952#3,20112
1951#2,18221
1950#2,25319
1949#2,34018
1948#2,82813
1947#2,20020
1946#2,22818
1945#1,82521
1944#2,62512
1943#1,59128
1942#1,91720
1941#1,38431
1940#1,59124
1939#2,03816
1938#1,06945
1937#1,18037
1936#1,32130
1935#1,05543
1934#1,06243
1933#98549
1932#86265
1931#1,06044
1930#85670
1929#77980
1928#80579
1927#693110
1926#666118
1925#647128
1924#649133
1923#572157
1922#596145
1921#646131
1920#569159
1919#540162
1918#504182
1917#512168
1916#509165
1915#455182
1914#398175
1913#372168
1912#376149
1911#342135
1910#319143
1909#330122
1908#302138#1,3735
1907#290143
1906#239181
1905#224192
1904#249159
1903#224176
1902#198218
1901#186221
1900#184286
1899#175244
1898#177262
1897#165270
1896#157298
1895#145305
1894#129333
1893#119366
1892#111402#1,0665
1891#108366
1890#97439
1889#92432#9745
1888#86469
1887#83402
1886#74478#9595
1885#75429
1884#72461
1883#68425#8925
1882#69432
1881#71328#7816
1880#70345
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maud was already there! It came in at #70, and was given to 345 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maud
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1932 (#1,060#862)
  • Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1931 (#856#1,060)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #68 (425 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1880–1890
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 girls born in 1882 were named Maud (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #68 in 1883, was only 1 in 264 (0.38%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1880s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Maud (4,201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,201#68 (1883)#76
1890s3,285#97 (1890)#138
1900s1,836#184 (1900)#243
1910s1,629#319 (1910)#433
1920s1,240#569 (1920)#662
1930s442#856 (1930)#1,149
1940s205#1,384 (1941)#2,053
1950s134#2,182 (1951)#3,345
1960s73#3,920 (1960)#5,115
1970s35#5,061 (1970)#5,715
1980s17#9,144 (1984)#9,960
1990s16#11,807 (1996)#12,893
2000s12#12,187 (2002)#13,770
2010s22#14,558 (2014)#15,181
2020s12#13,477 (2024)#13,535

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maud in 1887

girls
#83
402 births · 1 in 363 girls

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #83Maud402
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 363 of them was named Maud, which outranked 93.6% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maud
  1. #80Viola420
  2. #81Lottie414
  3. #82Flora408
  4. #83Maud402
  5. #84Caroline398
  6. #85Olive394
  7. #86Addie393
Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 571Ossie#1,108#537
  2. 522Albertine#1,108#586
  3. 475Grayce#1,108#633
  4. 447Berenice#1,108#661
  5. 447Elfrieda#1,108#661
Fallers
  1. 591Faith#556#1,147
  2. 541Jo#606#1,147
  3. 541Leanna#606#1,147
  4. 541Manie#606#1,147
  5. 430Drusilla#606#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887