Maude
Maude was given to 46 girls in 2025, #3,366 among girls’ names; 45,887 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,560 Americans named Maude and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (6% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 47 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maude by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Maude mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Maude is “a female given name from French; a variant of Maud. This is the most common spelling in English-speaking regions.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Maude?
#3,366 among girls’ names, 2025
Maude rose from #7,485 in 2015 to #3,366 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.0 to 28.6 per million.
1,406 babies in 1888, the peak
Maude peaked in 1888, when 1,406 babies were given it (1,396 girls, #32 among girls’ names). The 46 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,366 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,733 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,418 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 37 | #4,015 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,585 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,818 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,253 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,270 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,992 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #7,115 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #7,485 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,936 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,269 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,970 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,830 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,440 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,416 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,377 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,488 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,578 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,961 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,065 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,862 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,984 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,955 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,648 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,028 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,759 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,782 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,343 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,501 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,549 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,203 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,218 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,839 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,659 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,020 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,941 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,484 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,508 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,761 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,866 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,076 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,416 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,631 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,173 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,511 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,197 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,664 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,859 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,063 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,359 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,081 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,241 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,452 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,906 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,410 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,936 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,358 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,390 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,385 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,044 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 34 | #2,010 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,610 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,507 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 64 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 71 | #1,239 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 63 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 76 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 85 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 108 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 87 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 100 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 87 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 95 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 101 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 110 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 117 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 112 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 145 | #583 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 135 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 142 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 154 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 163 | #513 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 172 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 195 | #463 | 0.19 |
| 1933 | 182 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 192 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 217 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1930 | 258 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1929 | 271 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1928 | 292 | #392 | 0.25 |
| 1927 | 348 | #368 | 0.29 |
| 1926 | 387 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1925 | 461 | #310 | 0.38 |
| 1924 | 485 | #304 | 0.39 |
| 1923 | 472 | #298 | 0.39 |
| 1922 | 534 | #281 | 0.44 |
| 1921 | 591 | #276 | 0.48 |
| 1920 | 695 | #249 | 0.58 |
| 1919 | 674 | #246 | 0.60 |
| 1918 | 727 | #237 | 0.63 |
| 1917 | 728 | #228 | 0.67 |
| 1916 | 739 | #223 | 0.71 |
| 1915 | 771 | #214 | 0.78 |
| 1914 | 693 | #192 | 0.91 |
| 1913 | 655 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1912 | 598 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1911 | 553 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1910 | 575 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1909 | 520 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 510 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1907 | 585 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1906 | 619 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1905 | 709 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1904 | 757 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1903 | 776 | #83 | 3.0 |
| 1902 | 834 | #80 | 3.2 |
| 1901 | 819 | #77 | 3.4 |
| 1900 | 1,013 | #77 | 3.4 |
| 1899 | 908 | #66 | 3.9 |
| 1898 | 1,009 | #67 | 3.9 |
| 1897 | 984 | #62 | 4.2 |
| 1896 | 1,104 | #56 | 4.6 |
| 1895 | 1,136 | #56 | 4.9 |
| 1894 | 1,144 | #53 | 5.1 |
| 1893 | 1,202 | #49 | 5.6 |
| 1892 | 1,270 | #45 | 6.0 |
| 1891 | 1,188 | #44 | 6.4 |
| 1890 | 1,359 | #39 | 7.1 |
| 1889 | 1,293 | #36 | 7.2 |
| 1888 | 1,396 | #32 | 7.8 |
| 1887 | 1,162 | #31 | 8.0 |
| 1886 | 1,189 | #30 | 8.2 |
| 1885 | 1,222 | #24 | 9.2 |
| 1884 | 1,225 | #24 | 9.5 |
| 1883 | 1,096 | #22 | 9.8 |
| 1882 | 1,089 | #20 | 10.1 |
| 1881 | 923 | #21 | 10.0 |
| 1880 | 859 | #21 | 9.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maude a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maude has been given almost only to girls: 133 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Maude: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maude, and how old are they?
2,560 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 6% of the 45,887 Americans ever recorded as Maude. The median Maude alive today is 72 years old; half are between 47 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 3,252 people named Maude (3,236 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,301 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 735 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 911 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 250 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 161 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 137 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 321 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maude born?
The states with the most babies named Maude are North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,514 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Virginia | 1,070 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Georgia | 984 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 781 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| South Carolina | 729 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 722 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 704 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 680 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Louisiana | 610 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 511 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Maude is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maude is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maude with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 72,186 babies since 1880, Maude is the most given (64% of them). In 2025 it was given to 46 of their 436 babies (11%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maude
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maude and names like it
- Compare Maude and MaudieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1880sMaude peaked in 1888.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maude since 1910.
- The top names of 1888The year the most babies were named Maude.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Maude alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.