Girls' name · since 1903
Maura
Maura has 19,965 recorded births since 1903 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,632 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,965
- born since 1903
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maura is the #1632 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 19,965 recorded since 1903.
Social Security Administration records show Maura recorded 19,965 times among girls since 1903, holding rank #1632 nationally today, ahead of 91% of girls, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 2025.
- #1,071 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,632 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 19,965 born since 1903
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maura ranks #1,071 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,632 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 19,965 born since 1903, peaking in the 1960s.
- #1,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,632 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,965
- born since 1903
- 1960s
- peak decade
Maura's 19,965 recorded births place it above 98.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maura compares
19,965 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Maura's all-time total is 53x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maura | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,965 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 430 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maura's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maura's full recorded timeline at 1969, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1903, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 430 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maura popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 430
- Annual births at peak, across 123 years of records
Maura popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1982 (Maura as boys' name)
Maura by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (3,651 births, 18% of the file).
1960s was Maura's strongest decade.
3,651 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Maura births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 43
1910s
43 births
- 1920s 125
1920s
125 births
- 1930s 212
1930s
212 births
- 1940s 532
1940s
532 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,069 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,651 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,176 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,693 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,263 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,903 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,618 births
- 2020s 675
2020s
675 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 3,651 births (18% of all-time use).
How Maura 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 Maura's total volume
Maura by state
Where Maura concentrates geographically, total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,789 | 14.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 2,558 | 12.8% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 2,454 | 12.3% |
| #4 | California | | 1,336 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,190 | 6.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 969 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 751 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 702 | 3.5% |
2,789 of 19,965 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Maura appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maura's data
- Maura's decade-level peak was the 1960s (3,651 total births); usage has since declined to 675 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Mauras (2,789 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Maura: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~122 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, 1903–2025 (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 Maura 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.