Maura

#1,631 for girls in 2025, 127 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1964 · 430 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,965
since 1903

Maura over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maura has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #468, 1964girls
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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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2025#1,631127—
2024#1,810111—
2023#1,98499—
2022#1,763117—
2021#2,10390—
2020#1,593131—
2019#1,608132—
2018#1,585136—
2017#1,251189—
2016#1,560143—
2015#1,488154—
2014#1,416161—
2013#1,466152—
2012#1,326177—
2011#1,301181—
2010#1,244193—
2009#1,256195—
2008#1,184215—
2007#1,122231—
2006#913289—
2005#812318—
2004#737358—
2003#779317—
2002#785300—
2001#674372—
2000#747308—
1999#727310—
1998#682335—
1997#619361—
1996#697310—
1995#697303—
1994#706297—
1993#695311—
1992#690313—
1991#602374—
1990#642349—
1989#613347—
1988#626317—
1987#680271—
1986#670273—
1985#675267—
1984#737222—
1983#683248—
1982#639280#6,3855
1981#711236—
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1979#725229—
1978#790190—
1977#779194—
1976#747194—
1975#795174—
1974#709206—
1973#691216—
1972#639240—
1971#632262—
1970#627271—
1969#548325—
1968#518346—
1967#517337—
1966#506348—
1965#484385—
1964#468430—
1963#473418—
1962#509364—
1961#511366—
1960#530332—
1959#552311—
1958#577293—
1957#569288—
1956#604249—
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1954#632208—
1953#776140—
1952#703161—
1951#813121—
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1948#87699—
1947#1,10665—
1946#1,12157—
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1943#1,34237—
1942#1,43832—
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five girls were named Maura! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Maura is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedNHWashington: #429 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,112 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #420 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,494 girlsMNIllinois: #586 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,342 girlsILWisconsin: #459 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,321 girlsWIMichigan: #872 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,024 girlsMINew York: #284 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 2,066 girlsNYMassachusetts: #196 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,537 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedINOhio: #704 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,343 girlsOHPennsylvania: #526 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,874 girlsPANew Jersey: #310 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,881 girlsNJConnecticut: #225 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,554 girlsCTCalifornia: #604 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,832 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedNEMissouri: #623 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,036 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedVAMaryland: #485 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,080 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedHITexas: #1,237 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,088 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Maura, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#196 · 1 in 1,537
  2. Connecticut#225 · 1 in 1,554
  3. New York#284 · 1 in 2,066
  4. New Jersey#310 · 1 in 2,881
  5. Minnesota#420 · 1 in 5,494

Best ever in a state: #101 in Massachusetts, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#196351 in 1,537
Connecticut#225161 in 1,554
New York#284821 in 2,066
New Jersey#310201 in 2,881
Minnesota#42071 in 5,494
Washington#42971 in 4,112
Wisconsin#45961 in 7,321
Maryland#48551 in 6,080
Pennsylvania#526151 in 7,874
Illinois#586131 in 8,342
California#604241 in 6,832
Missouri#62351 in 9,036
Ohio#70491 in 12,343
Michigan#87251 in 19,024
Texas#1,23751 in 23,088
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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 Maura
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 179 spots since 2024 (#1,810 → #1,631)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #1,631)
  • 143 spots since 2015 (#1,488 → #1,631)
  • Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1948 (#1,106 → #876)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 2007 (#913 → #1,122)
Rise & fade · girls
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1964 at #468 (430 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1951–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,407
  • Highest: 1 in 4,407 girls born in 1964 were named Maura (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,656 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Maura (3,651) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,792 (1903)#1,792
1910s43#2,827 (1913)#3,644
1920s125#2,018 (1925)#2,772
1930s212#1,264 (1935)#1,739
1940s532#876 (1948)#1,192
1950s2,069#552 (1959)#687
1960s3,651#468 (1964)#506
1970s2,176#627 (1970)#713
1980s2,693#613 (1989)#676
1990s3,263#602 (1991)#676
2000s2,903#674 (2001)#901
2010s1,618#1,244 (2010)#1,425
2020s675#1,593 (2020)#1,814

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.

Maura in 1957

girls
#569
288 births · 1 in 7,100 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #569Maura288
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 7,100 of them was named Maura, which outranked 91.9% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maura
  1. #565Darcy290
  2. #567Eve289
  3. #567Lenore289
  4. #569Maura288
  5. #569Kelli288
  6. #571Mamie287
  7. #572Estella286
  8. #573Leisa285

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

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →