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How popular is “Maud” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maud” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Maud” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Maud” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Maud” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Maud” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Maud” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maud” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 345 0.001712295 345 100%
1881 334 0.001733372 328 6 96%
1882 432 0.001950048 432 100%
1883 430 0.00198206 425 5 98%
1884 461 0.001893527 461 100%
1885 429 0.001781162 429 100%
1886 483 0.001891773 478 5 98%
1887 402 0.001624951 402 100%
1888 469 0.001566079 469 100%
1889 437 0.001512393 432 5 98%
1890 439 0.001456531 439 100%
1891 366 0.001276716 366 100%
1892 407 0.0012172 402 5 98%
1893 366 0.001125382 366 100%
1894 333 0.0009832 333 100%
1895 305 0.000868896 305 100%
1896 298 0.000833604 298 100%
1897 270 0.000778194 270 100%
1898 262 0.000686844 262 100%
1899 244 0.000719268 244 100%
1900 286 0.000635191 286 100%
1901 221 0.000639076 221 100%
1902 218 0.000563696 218 100%
1903 176 0.0004617 176 100%
1904 159 0.000394067 159 100%
1905 192 0.000452914 192 100%
1906 181 0.000422452 181 100%
1907 143 0.000307269 143 100%
1908 143 0.000292644 138 5 93%
1909 122 0.000238643 122 100%
1910 143 0.000242081 143 100%
1911 135 0.000209537 135 100%
1912 149 0.0001508 149 100%
1913 168 0.000147743 168 100%
1914 175 0.000123558 175 100%
1915 182 0.000099322 182 100%
1916 165 0.000085297 165 100%
1917 168 0.000083717 168 100%
1918 182 0.000083828 182 100%
1919 162 0.000076768 162 100%
1920 159 0.000070272 159 100%
1921 131 0.000056115 131 100%
1922 145 0.000063342 145 100%
1923 157 0.000068187 157 100%
1924 133 0.000055845 133 100%
1925 128 0.000054858 128 100%
1926 118 0.000051396 118 100%
1927 110 0.000047427 110 100%
1928 79 0.000034941 79 100%
1929 80 0.000036494 80 100%
1930 70 0.000031485 70 100%
1931 44 0.000020909 44 100%
1932 65 0.000030787 65 100%
1933 49 0.000024507 49 100%
1934 43 0.000020705 43 100%
1935 43 0.000020575 43 100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 100%
1937 37 0.000017365 37 100%
1938 45 0.000020338 45 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 100%
1941 31 0.000012724 31 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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