Maura
Maura was the 1640th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 127 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 468th with 430 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 149 places. More babies were named Maura in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,640 girls, down 40 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 127girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1964430 babies
- Total since 1880
- 19,970babies recorded
Maura popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1982.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,640 | 127 |
| 2020 | #1,600 | 131 |
| 2010 | #1,248 | 193 |
| 2000 | #748 | 308 |
| 1990 | #643 | 349 |
| 1980 | #724 | 232 |
| 1970 | #627 | 271 |
| 1960 | #530 | 332 |
| 1950 | #1,024 | 80 |
| 1940 | #1,398 | 30 |
| 1930 | #2,513 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,334 | 16 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maura, counting every spelling?
Maura is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,393 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,640 for Maura on its own. Together these spellings went to 141 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maura | 127 | #1,640 | 544 |
| Mora | 14 | #7,771 | 86 |
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 many kids will share the name Maura?
127 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maura (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maura born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 66 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maura.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maura?
About 18,200 people born in the US named Maura are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 25 and 59. That makes Maura mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Maura by state
How common Maura was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (5.6×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Maura: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maura, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maura
How popular is the name Maura?
Maura was the 1640th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 127 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 468th with 430 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 149 places. More babies were named Maura in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Maura a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maura in the US.
Where is Maura most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maura was most common in Pennsylvania (0.38 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and Missouri.