Maura
Maura was given to 127 girls in 2025, #1,640 among girls’ names; 19,970 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,200 Americans named Maura and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 25 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maura by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Maura mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Maura is “a female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.”
Also “a female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.”
Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Maura?
#1,640 among girls’ names, 2025
Maura fell from #1,491 in 2015 to #1,640 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 86.3 to 79.0 per million.
430 babies in 1964, the peak
Maura peaked in 1964, when 430 girls were given it, #468 among girls’ names. The 127 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,640 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,817 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,994 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,772 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,112 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,600 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,612 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 136 | #1,586 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 189 | #1,255 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,565 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 154 | #1,491 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,418 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 152 | #1,469 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 177 | #1,329 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,306 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 193 | #1,248 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 195 | #1,257 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 215 | #1,186 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 231 | #1,123 | 0.12 |
| 2006 | 289 | #917 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 318 | #816 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 358 | #738 | 0.19 |
| 2003 | 317 | #781 | 0.17 |
| 2002 | 300 | #786 | 0.17 |
| 2001 | 372 | #674 | 0.21 |
| 2000 | 308 | #748 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 310 | #727 | 0.17 |
| 1998 | 335 | #683 | 0.19 |
| 1997 | 361 | #620 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 310 | #698 | 0.18 |
| 1995 | 303 | #697 | 0.17 |
| 1994 | 297 | #705 | 0.17 |
| 1993 | 311 | #695 | 0.17 |
| 1992 | 313 | #692 | 0.17 |
| 1991 | 374 | #602 | 0.20 |
| 1990 | 349 | #642 | 0.18 |
| 1989 | 347 | #613 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 317 | #627 | 0.18 |
| 1987 | 271 | #683 | 0.16 |
| 1986 | 273 | #676 | 0.16 |
| 1985 | 267 | #676 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 222 | #738 | 0.13 |
| 1983 | 248 | #685 | 0.15 |
| 1982 | 280 | #640 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 236 | #711 | 0.14 |
| 1980 | 232 | #724 | 0.14 |
| 1979 | 229 | #726 | 0.14 |
| 1978 | 190 | #790 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 194 | #780 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 194 | #748 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 174 | #798 | 0.12 |
| 1974 | 206 | #711 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 216 | #691 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 240 | #640 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 262 | #634 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 271 | #627 | 0.16 |
| 1969 | 325 | #548 | 0.19 |
| 1968 | 346 | #518 | 0.21 |
| 1967 | 337 | #518 | 0.20 |
| 1966 | 348 | #507 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 385 | #484 | 0.22 |
| 1964 | 430 | #468 | 0.23 |
| 1963 | 418 | #473 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 364 | #509 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 366 | #512 | 0.18 |
| 1960 | 332 | #530 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 311 | #553 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 293 | #580 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 288 | #569 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 249 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 218 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 208 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 140 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 161 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 121 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 80 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 92 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 99 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 43 | #1,226 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,460 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,578 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,533 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,067 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,726 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,295 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,269 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,856 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,991 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,785 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,091 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,279 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,856 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,089 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,586 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,334 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,614 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,740 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,049 | under 0.01 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,796 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,079 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,066 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,277 | 0.01 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,974 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maura a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maura has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Maura: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maura, and how old are they?
18,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 19,970 Americans ever recorded as Maura. The median Maura alive today is 39 years old; half are between 25 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 23,594 people named Maura (23,531 women and girls, 63 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 18,045 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 162 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,490 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,830 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,730 |
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 Maura born?
The states with the most babies named Maura are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,789 | #1,610 | 1.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,558 | #638 | 2.6× |
| Massachusetts | 2,454 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| California | 1,336 | #2,037 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 1,190 | #981 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 969 | #1,121 | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 751 | #1,105 | 0.8× |
| Connecticut | 702 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Texas | 575 | #2,326 | 0.4× |
| Maryland | 372 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Maura is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maura is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 4.8 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 Maura 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 4,829,996 babies since 1880, Maura is the fifth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 127 of their 6,049 babies (2.1%), again the fifth most given.
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 Maura
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 Maura and names like it
- Compare Maura and MaryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMaura peaked in 1964.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maura since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Maura: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Maura.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Maura alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.