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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Maud

Maud was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 68th; the most babies were born in 1886 (478). More babies were named Maud in the 1880s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Maude) form of Matilda; "mighty in battle" · French, Germanic

Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1886478 babies
Total since 1880
13,190babies recorded

What does the name Maud mean?

Maud is a spelling of Maude, pronounced the same way, so it shares Maude's meaning and origin.

Maude (also Maud) is the medieval English form of Matilda, from Old French Mahaut. Matilda is a Germanic name made of maht, "might, power", and hild, "battle". DMNES lists many royal Matildas and records the English forms Mald and Mold in 1379; William the Conqueror's queen was Matilda. Wikipedia credits its 19th-century revival in part to Tennyson's poem Maud (1855). It was most common in the US in the 1880s.

maht (Old High German, “might, power”)hiltja (Old High German, “battle”)

How sure is this? Well established.

Related names: Maud, Matilda, Mathilde, Tilda.

See also: Germanic names, names that mean strength, names that mean warrior.

Sources for this meaning

Maud popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 31 since 1881.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#5,28510
1960#4,08111
1950#2,31219
1940#1,62224
1930#85870
1920#569159
1910#320143
1900#186286
1890#97439
1880#70345

How popular is Maud, counting every spelling?

Maud is a spelling of Maude, a name family that had 46 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Maude46#3,367174

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Maud?

About 500 people born in the US named Maud are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 58 and 85. That makes Maud a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Maud by state

How common Maud was among girls born in each state in 1910–1914, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.0×), Kentucky (2.4×), Mississippi (2.3×), Tennessee (2.2×), North Carolina (1.8×). In 32 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIL0.11Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNY0.17Massachusetts: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMA0.06Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesPA0.11New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMO0.16Kentucky: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesKY0.68West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesVA0.33Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesAR0.32Tennessee: 0.62 per 1,000 babiesTN0.62North Carolina: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesNC0.51South Carolina: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesSC0.40District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesOK0.24Louisiana: 0.82 per 1,000 babiesLA0.82Mississippi: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesMS0.63Alabama: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesAL0.45Georgia: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesGA0.41Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesTX0.50Florida: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesFL0.42
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Maud, girls, 1910–1914. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Maud: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maud, they share its era and feel.

Maud is also a nickname for Matilda.

Questions about the name Maud

What does Maud mean?

Maud is a spelling of Maude, which means “form of Matilda; "mighty in battle"” (French, Germanic origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Maud?

Maud was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 68th; the most babies were born in 1886 (478). More babies were named Maud in the 1880s than in any other decade.

Is Maud a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maud in the US.

Where was Maud most popular?

In 1910–1914, Maud was most common in Louisiana (0.82 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and Mississippi.