Maude

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 1,089 births
Debut · girls
859 births
In top 100 · girls
26 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,754
since 1880

Maude over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #20, 1882girls
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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#3,34246
2024#3,69541
2023#4,36332
2022#3,96337
2021#6,41418
2020#6,62917
2019#5,16325
2018#5,15225
2017#6,80817
2016#6,90117
2015#7,26616
2014#7,63615
2013#7,03117
2012#10,42910
2011#11,1819
2010#13,4487
2009#9,97511
2008#12,5798
2007#17,6365
2006#13,6067
2005#13,0107
2004#8,71612
2003#8,50512
2002#9,48210
2001#12,0567
2000#11,8017
1999#9,4799
1998#10,1228
1997#8,33410
1996#10,5677
1995#8,07910
1994#8,12210
1993#9,5598
1992#8,7349
1991#6,58813
1990#7,30311
1989#5,83614
1988#6,66611
1987#5,31214
1986#7,1349
1985#6,45710
1984#7,3988
1983#6,7059
1982#5,20913
1981#6,32310
1980#5,91211
1979#6,18910
1978#7,6497
1977#6,3409
1976#5,60110
1975#3,95016
1974#4,22714
1973#3,01522
1972#3,17720
1971#4,31113
1970#2,85624
1969#3,31817
1968#2,87420
1967#2,32727
1966#2,35726
1965#2,34526
1964#2,34827
1963#2,01534
1962#1,98934
1961#1,76842
1960#1,59749
1959#1,49952
1958#1,65742
1957#1,32264
1956#1,23771
1955#1,37153
1954#1,24963
1953#1,13772
1952#1,08076
1951#1,11669
1950#98885
1949#850108
1948#93087
1947#883100
1946#89387
1945#76895
1944#759101
1943#736110
1942#687117
1941#668112
1940#582145
1939#577135
1938#576142
1937#534154
1936#511163
1935#481172
1934#463195
1933#477182
1932#477192
1931#439217
1930#407258
1929#403271#3,9595
1928#391292
1927#367348
1926#336387
1925#310461
1924#304485
1923#298472
1922#281534
1921#276591
1920#249695#4,2865
1919#246674#3,1158
1918#236727
1917#228728
1916#223739
1915#214771#3,8255
1914#192693
1913#179655
1912#169598
1911#145553
1910#141575
1909#138520
1908#137510
1907#112585
1906#103619
1905#97709
1904#86757
1903#82776#9107
1902#80834
1901#77819
1900#771,013#1,3105
1899#66908
1898#671,009
1897#61984
1896#561,104
1895#561,136#9786
1894#531,144#56713
1893#491,202#9076
1892#451,270#1,0665
1891#441,188#52412
1890#391,359#7398
1889#361,293#6739
1888#321,396#64810
1887#311,162
1886#301,189
1885#241,222#8366
1884#241,225#8486
1883#221,096#7996
1882#201,089#9435
1881#21923#7816
1880#21859
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maude was already there! It came in at #21, and was given to 859 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2005–2007, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maude
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 353 spots since 2024 (#3,695#3,342)
  • 3,287 spots since 2020 (#6,629#3,342)
  • 3,924 spots since 2015 (#7,266#3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 80 spots in 1949 (#930#850)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1950 (#850#988)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #20 (1,089 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1880–1905
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 99
  • Highest: 1 in 99 girls born in 1882 were named Maude (1.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
  • 25.0% of all girls named Maude (11,454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11,454#20 (1882)#26
1890s11,304#39 (1890)#54
1900s7,142#77 (1900)#99
1910s6,713#141 (1910)#197
1920s4,536#249 (1920)#322
1930s1,810#407 (1930)#494
1940s1,062#582 (1940)#776
1950s647#988 (1950)#1,266
1960s302#1,597 (1960)#2,294
1970s145#2,856 (1970)#4,732
1980s109#5,209 (1982)#6,295
1990s95#6,588 (1991)#8,689
2000s86#8,505 (2003)#11,737
2010s158#5,152 (2018)#8,102
2020s191#3,342 (2025)#4,734

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.

Maude in 1890

girls
#39
1,359 births · 1 in 140 girls
boys
#739
8 births · 1 in 13,878 boys

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #39Maude1,359

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #739Maude8
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 140 of them was named Maude, which outranked 97.5% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maude
  1. #36Cora1,386
  2. #37Hazel1,366
  3. #38Hattie1,363
  4. #39Maude1,359
  5. #40Julia1,275
  6. #41Jennie1,259
  7. #42Mattie1,256
Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

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

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 13,878 of them was named Maude, which outranked 36.3% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maude
  1. #667Vernie9
  2. #667Wylie9
  3. #667Zeno9
  4. #739Maude8
  5. #739Alpha8
  6. #739Alphonso8
  7. #739Andres8
  8. #814Alcide7
  9. #814Alto7
  10. #814Benny7

Tied with 74 names at #739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890