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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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
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2025——
2024#13,4776—
2023——
2022#13,5926—
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2019——
2018#15,6825—
2017#15,9025—
2016——
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2014#14,5586—
2013#14,5826—
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2002#12,1877—
2001#15,3525—
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1998——
1997#13,7245—
1996#11,8076—
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1992——
1991#13,1475—
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1988——
1987#9,8256—
1986#10,9125—
1985——
1984#9,1446—
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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.

Where Maud is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMNIllinois: #618 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,440 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMINew York: #572 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,984 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMOKentucky: #325 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,730 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,093 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #472 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,234 girlsLAMississippi: #412 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,681 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Maud, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#325 · 1 in 2,730
  2. Mississippi#412 · 1 in 3,681
  3. Louisiana#472 · 1 in 4,234
  4. North Carolina#490 · 1 in 7,093
  5. New York#572 · 1 in 11,984

Best ever in a state: #172 in Tennessee, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#325101 in 2,730
Mississippi#41261 in 3,681
Louisiana#47251 in 4,234
North Carolina#49051 in 7,093
New York#57281 in 11,984
Illinois#61851 in 11,440
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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
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 1930

girls
#856
70 births · 1 in 16,085 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #856Maud70
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 16,085 of them was named Maud, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maud
  1. #847Sonja71
  2. #847Tressie71
  3. #847Zula71
  4. #856Maud70
  5. #856Ardella70
  6. #856Elois70
  7. #859Albina69
  8. #859Almeda69
  9. #859Annabell69

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →