Girls' name · since 1880
Maudie
Maudie has 11,851 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,851
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
11,851 babies have been named Maudie since 1880, making it today's #9463 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maudie has been recorded 11,851 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #9463 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,463 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,851 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maudie ranks #1,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,463 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,851 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #1,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,851
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Maudie's 11,851 recorded births place it above 97.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Maudie compares
11,851 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Maudie's all-time total is 32x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maudie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,851 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 354 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maudie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maudie's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 12% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 88%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 354, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maudie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 354
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Maudie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (2,659 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Maudie's strongest decade.
2,659 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Maudie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 447
1880s
447 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,200 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,626 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,659 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,628 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,481 births
- 1940s 900
1940s
900 births
- 1950s 438
1950s
438 births
- 1960s 177
1960s
177 births
- 1970s 91
1970s
91 births
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 57
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 2,659 births (22% of all-time use).
How Maudie 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 Maudie's total volume
Maudie by state
Where Maudie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,042 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 877 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 656 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 643 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 565 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 540 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 539 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 480 | 4.1% |
1,042 of 11,851 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Maudie appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maudie's data
- Maudie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (2,659 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Maudies (1,042 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maudie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
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 Maudie 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.