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
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 430 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,965since 1903
Maura over time
Rank among girls' names. Maura has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #1,631 | 127 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,810 | 111 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,984 | 99 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,763 | 117 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,608 | 132 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,585 | 136 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,251 | 189 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,560 | 143 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,488 | 154 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,466 | 152 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,326 | 177 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,301 | 181 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,244 | 193 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,256 | 195 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,184 | 215 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,122 | 231 | — | |
| 2006 | #913 | 289 | — | |
| 2005 | #812 | 318 | — | |
| 2004 | #737 | 358 | — | |
| 2003 | #779 | 317 | — | |
| 2002 | #785 | 300 | — | |
| 2001 | #674 | 372 | — | |
| 2000 | #747 | 308 | — | |
| 1999 | #727 | 310 | — | |
| 1998 | #682 | 335 | — | |
| 1997 | #619 | 361 | — | |
| 1996 | #697 | 310 | — | |
| 1995 | #697 | 303 | — | |
| 1994 | #706 | 297 | — | |
| 1993 | #695 | 311 | — | |
| 1992 | #690 | 313 | — | |
| 1991 | #602 | 374 | — | |
| 1990 | #642 | 349 | — | |
| 1989 | #613 | 347 | — | |
| 1988 | #626 | 317 | — | |
| 1987 | #680 | 271 | — | |
| 1986 | #670 | 273 | — | |
| 1985 | #675 | 267 | — | |
| 1984 | #737 | 222 | — | |
| 1983 | #683 | 248 | — | |
| 1982 | #639 | 280 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #711 | 236 | — | |
| 1980 | #721 | 232 | — | |
| 1979 | #725 | 229 | — | |
| 1978 | #790 | 190 | — | |
| 1977 | #779 | 194 | — | |
| 1976 | #747 | 194 | — | |
| 1975 | #795 | 174 | — | |
| 1974 | #709 | 206 | — | |
| 1973 | #691 | 216 | — | |
| 1972 | #639 | 240 | — | |
| 1971 | #632 | 262 | — | |
| 1970 | #627 | 271 | — | |
| 1969 | #548 | 325 | — | |
| 1968 | #518 | 346 | — | |
| 1967 | #517 | 337 | — | |
| 1966 | #506 | 348 | — | |
| 1965 | #484 | 385 | — | |
| 1964 | #468 | 430 | — | |
| 1963 | #473 | 418 | — | |
| 1962 | #509 | 364 | — | |
| 1961 | #511 | 366 | — | |
| 1960 | #530 | 332 | — | |
| 1959 | #552 | 311 | — | |
| 1958 | #577 | 293 | — | |
| 1957 | #569 | 288 | — | |
| 1956 | #604 | 249 | — | |
| 1955 | #630 | 218 | — | |
| 1954 | #632 | 208 | — | |
| 1953 | #776 | 140 | — | |
| 1952 | #703 | 161 | — | |
| 1951 | #813 | 121 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 | — | |
| 1949 | #927 | 92 | — | |
| 1948 | #876 | 99 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,121 | 57 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,224 | 42 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,294 | 35 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#159 · 1 in 767
- Massachusetts#301 · 1 in 1,772
- New Jersey#336 · 1 in 1,975
- Connecticut#373 · 1 in 2,220
- Kansas#405 · 1 in 2,159
Best ever in a state: #101 in Massachusetts, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #159 | 76 | 1 in 767 |
| Massachusetts | #301 | 18 | 1 in 1,772 |
| New Jersey | #336 | 21 | 1 in 1,975 |
| Connecticut | #373 | 7 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Kansas | #405 | 6 | 1 in 2,159 |
| Maryland | #425 | 10 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Virginia | #466 | 12 | 1 in 2,826 |
| Illinois | #510 | 22 | 1 in 3,201 |
| Minnesota | #529 | 7 | 1 in 3,610 |
| Missouri | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,711 |
| New York | #562 | 28 | 1 in 3,597 |
| Colorado | #653 | 6 | 1 in 3,710 |
| Ohio | #788 | 9 | 1 in 6,847 |
| Georgia | #873 | 7 | 1 in 6,363 |
| North Carolina | #1,015 | 5 | 1 in 8,418 |
| California | #1,068 | 24 | 1 in 9,209 |
| Michigan | #1,139 | 5 | 1 in 10,303 |
| Texas | #1,521 | 10 | 1 in 14,344 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1964 at #468 (430 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1951–2006
- 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%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Maura (3,651) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,792 (1903) | #1,792 |
| 1910s | 43 | #2,827 (1913) | #3,644 |
| 1920s | 125 | #2,018 (1925) | #2,772 |
| 1930s | 212 | #1,264 (1935) | #1,739 |
| 1940s | 532 | #876 (1948) | #1,192 |
| 1950s | 2,069 | #552 (1959) | #687 |
| 1960s | 3,651 | #468 (1964) | #506 |
| 1970s | 2,176 | #627 (1970) | #713 |
| 1980s | 2,693 | #613 (1989) | #676 |
| 1990s | 3,263 | #602 (1991) | #676 |
| 2000s | 2,903 | #674 (2001) | #901 |
| 2010s | 1,618 | #1,244 (2010) | #1,425 |
| 2020s | 675 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 5,274 of them was named Maura, which outranked 95.9% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).