Girls' name · since 1880
Maud
13,159 babies named Maud in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1886. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13,159
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Maud is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13,159 have been recorded since 1880.
Maud has 13,159 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1880s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2024.
- #1,407 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13,159 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maud ranks #1,407 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13,159 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #1,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13,159
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Maud's 13,159 recorded births place it above 98.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Maud's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maud's full recorded timeline at 1933, 6% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 94% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1886 peak of 478 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maud popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2024
- Peak year (1886)
- 478
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Maud popularity over time - boys
31 total births recorded since 1881 (Maud as boys' name)
Maud by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (4,201 births, 32% of the file).
1880s was Maud's strongest decade.
4,201 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Maud births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
4,201 births
- 1890s
1890s
3,285 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,836 births
- 1910s 1,629
1910s
1,629 births
- 1920s 1,240
1920s
1,240 births
- 1930s 442
1930s
442 births
- 1940s 205
1940s
205 births
- 1950s 134
1950s
134 births
- 1960s 73
1960s
73 births
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 4,201 births (32% of all-time use).
How Maud compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maud's total volume
Maud by state
Where Maud concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 224 | 1.7% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 214 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 205 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 171 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 161 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 158 | 1.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 148 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 129 | 1.0% |
224 of 13,159 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Maud appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maud's data
- Maud's decade-level peak was the 1880s (4,201 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Mauds (224 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maud: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1886)
Similar record span (~144 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maud draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.