Girls' name · since 1880
Maude
45,754 babies named Maude in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1888. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,754
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
45,754 babies have been named Maude since 1880, making it today's #3342 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Maude recorded 45,754 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #3342 nationally today, ahead of 81% of girls, peaking in the 1880s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,342 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45,754 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maude ranks #629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,342 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45,754 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,754
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Maude's 45,754 recorded births place it above 99.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Maude compares
45,754 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maude's all-time total is 122x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maude | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45,754 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,396 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maude's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maude splits its recorded history at 1953: 3% of all births land in the more recent half, 97% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1888 peak of 1,396 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maude popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1888)
- 1,396
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Maude popularity over time - boys
133 total births recorded since 1881 (Maude as boys' name)
Maude by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (11,454 births, 25% of the file).
1880s was Maude's strongest decade.
11,454 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Maude births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
11,454 births
- 1890s
1890s
11,304 births
- 1900s
1900s
7,142 births
- 1910s
1910s
6,713 births
- 1920s 4,536
1920s
4,536 births
- 1930s 1,810
1930s
1,810 births
- 1940s 1,062
1940s
1,062 births
- 1950s 647
1950s
647 births
- 1960s 302
1960s
302 births
- 1970s 145
1970s
145 births
- 1980s 109
1980s
109 births
- 1990s 95
1990s
95 births
- 2000s 86
2000s
86 births
- 2010s 158
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 191
2020s
191 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 11,454 births (25% of all-time use).
How Maude 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 Maude's total volume
Maude by state
Where Maude concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 1,514 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 1,070 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 984 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 781 | 1.7% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 729 | 1.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 722 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 704 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 680 | 1.5% |
1,514 of 45,754 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Maude appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maude's data
- Maude's decade-level peak was the 1880s (11,454 total births); usage has since declined to 191 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Maudes (1,514 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Maude: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1888)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Maude 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.