Maura
Maura is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. Its best rank was 468th, in 1964.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1110.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1964430 births
- Best rank
- #468in 1964
- Since 1903
- 19,839people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,839 girls have been named Maura in the United States since 1903, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 430 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1960s alone account for 18%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Maura | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 43 | |
| 1920s | 125 | |
| 1930s | 212 | |
| 1940s | 532 | |
| 1950s | 2,069 | |
| 1960s | 3,651 | |
| 1970s | 2,177 | |
| 1980s | 2,693 | |
| 1990s | 3,263 | |
| 2000s | 2,903 | |
| 2010s | 1,618 | |
| 2020s | 548 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Maura was the 468th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Maura
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Annamariapeak 1966
- Lourdespeak 1963
- Karlapeak 1964
- Dennisepeak 2001
- Brigidpeak 2000
- Lynnaepeak 1971
- Julieannpeak 1987
- Juliannepeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.