Maude — #3685 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maude

The Social Security Administration has registered 45,708 babies named Maude between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maude currently holds the #3685 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1888, when 1,396 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maude performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 11,454 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Maude shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 1,514 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Maude in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maude in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45,708 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.