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
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 425 births
- Debut · girls
- 345 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,159since 1880
Maud over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
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| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,321 | 30 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,055 | 43 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,062 | 43 | — | |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 | — | |
| 1932 | #862 | 65 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,060 | 44 | — | |
| 1930 | #856 | 70 | — | |
| 1929 | #779 | 80 | — | |
| 1928 | #805 | 79 | — | |
| 1927 | #693 | 110 | — | |
| 1926 | #666 | 118 | — | |
| 1925 | #647 | 128 | — | |
| 1924 | #649 | 133 | — | |
| 1923 | #572 | 157 | — | |
| 1922 | #596 | 145 | — | |
| 1921 | #646 | 131 | — | |
| 1920 | #569 | 159 | — | |
| 1919 | #540 | 162 | — | |
| 1918 | #504 | 182 | — | |
| 1917 | #512 | 168 | — | |
| 1916 | #509 | 165 | — | |
| 1915 | #455 | 182 | — | |
| 1914 | #398 | 175 | — | |
| 1913 | #372 | 168 | — | |
| 1912 | #376 | 149 | — | |
| 1911 | #342 | 135 | — | |
| 1910 | #319 | 143 | — | |
| 1909 | #330 | 122 | — | |
| 1908 | #302 | 138 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #290 | 143 | — | |
| 1906 | #239 | 181 | — | |
| 1905 | #224 | 192 | — | |
| 1904 | #249 | 159 | — | |
| 1903 | #224 | 176 | — | |
| 1902 | #198 | 218 | — | |
| 1901 | #186 | 221 | — | |
| 1900 | #184 | 286 | — | |
| 1899 | #175 | 244 | — | |
| 1898 | #177 | 262 | — | |
| 1897 | #165 | 270 | — | |
| 1896 | #157 | 298 | — | |
| 1895 | #145 | 305 | — | |
| 1894 | #129 | 333 | — | |
| 1893 | #119 | 366 | — | |
| 1892 | #111 | 402 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #108 | 366 | — | |
| 1890 | #97 | 439 | — | |
| 1889 | #92 | 432 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #86 | 469 | — | |
| 1887 | #83 | 402 | — | |
| 1886 | #74 | 478 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #75 | 429 | — | |
| 1884 | #72 | 461 | — | |
| 1883 | #68 | 425 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #69 | 432 | — | |
| 1881 | #71 | 328 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #70 | 345 | — | |
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.
Where Maud is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#328 · 1 in 3,255
- Florida#332 · 1 in 2,391
- Kentucky#398 · 1 in 4,072
- Louisiana#410 · 1 in 3,403
- Tennessee#437 · 1 in 4,526
Best ever in a state: #172 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #328 | 8 | 1 in 3,255 |
| Florida | #332 | 7 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Kentucky | #398 | 7 | 1 in 4,072 |
| Louisiana | #410 | 7 | 1 in 3,403 |
| Tennessee | #437 | 6 | 1 in 4,526 |
| North Carolina | #439 | 7 | 1 in 5,486 |
| Oklahoma | #454 | 6 | 1 in 4,169 |
| Arkansas | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,126 |
| Alabama | #482 | 6 | 1 in 5,420 |
| Mississippi | #489 | 5 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Georgia | #495 | 5 | 1 in 6,344 |
| Pennsylvania | #663 | 5 | 1 in 18,301 |
| New York | #702 | 5 | 1 in 19,713 |
| Texas | #855 | 6 | 1 in 9,965 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maud
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #68 (425 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1880–1890
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1880–1930
- 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
- 31.9% of all girls named Maud (4,201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,201 | #68 (1883) | #76 |
| 1890s | 3,285 | #97 (1890) | #138 |
| 1900s | 1,836 | #184 (1900) | #243 |
| 1910s | 1,629 | #319 (1910) | #433 |
| 1920s | 1,240 | #569 (1920) | #662 |
| 1930s | 442 | #856 (1930) | #1,149 |
| 1940s | 205 | #1,384 (1941) | #2,053 |
| 1950s | 134 | #2,182 (1951) | #3,345 |
| 1960s | 73 | #3,920 (1960) | #5,115 |
| 1970s | 35 | #5,061 (1970) | #5,715 |
| 1980s | 17 | #9,144 (1984) | #9,960 |
| 1990s | 16 | #11,807 (1996) | #12,893 |
| 2000s | 12 | #12,187 (2002) | #13,770 |
| 2010s | 22 | #14,558 (2014) | #15,181 |
| 2020s | 12 | #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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 10,046 of them was named Maud, which outranked 88.2% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #662Larue119
- #662Leone119
- #662Richard119
- #666Maud118
- #666Elisa118
- #666Novella118
- #669Era117
- #669Lona117
- #669Madonna117
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.