Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Maura” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maura” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Maura” 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 “Maura” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Maura” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maura” 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
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 32 0.000015312 32 100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 25 0.000011299 25 100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 100%
1941 35 0.000014365 35 100%
1942 32 0.000011714 32 100%
1943 37 0.000013109 37 100%
1944 42 0.000015613 42 100%
1945 43 0.000016209 43 100%
1946 57 0.000017839 57 100%
1947 65 0.000018044 65 100%
1948 99 0.000028675 99 100%
1949 92 0.000026401 92 100%
1950 80 0.000022835 80 100%
1951 121 0.000032847 121 100%
1952 161 0.000042391 161 100%
1953 140 0.000036329 140 100%
1954 208 0.000052252 208 100%
1955 218 0.000054295 218 100%
1956 249 0.000060392 249 100%
1957 288 0.000068536 288 100%
1958 293 0.000070877 293 100%
1959 311 0.000074796 311 100%
1960 332 0.000079927 332 100%
1961 366 0.000088357 366 100%
1962 364 0.000090202 364 100%
1963 418 0.000105604 418 100%
1964 430 0.000110608 430 100%
1965 385 0.000106194 385 100%
1966 348 0.000100125 348 100%
1967 337 0.000099267 337 100%
1968 346 0.000102415 346 100%
1969 325 0.000093516 325 100%
1970 271 0.000075142 271 100%
1971 262 0.000076332 262 100%
1972 240 0.00007636 240 100%
1973 216 0.000071597 216 100%
1974 206 0.000067763 206 100%
1975 174 0.000057627 174 100%
1976 194 0.000063936 194 100%
1977 194 0.000061074 194 100%
1978 191 0.000060179 191 100%
1979 229 0.000068831 229 100%
1980 232 0.000067354 232 100%
1981 236 0.00006822 236 100%
1982 285 0.000081244 280 5 96%
1983 248 0.000071607 248 100%
1984 222 0.000063633 222 100%
1985 267 0.000074809 267 100%
1986 273 0.000076748 273 100%
1987 271 0.000075161 271 100%
1988 317 0.000085791 317 100%
1989 347 0.00009026 347 100%
1990 349 0.000088299 349 100%
1991 374 0.000096014 374 100%
1992 313 0.000081483 313 100%
1993 311 0.000082487 311 100%
1994 297 0.000079889 297 100%
1995 303 0.000082738 303 100%
1996 310 0.000084997 310 100%
1997 361 0.000099566 361 100%
1998 335 0.000091077 335 100%
1999 310 0.000083923 310 100%
2000 308 0.000081484 308 100%
2001 372 0.000099375 372 100%
2002 300 0.000080251 300 100%
2003 317 0.00008337 317 100%
2004 358 0.000093695 358 100%
2005 318 0.000082708 318 100%
2006 289 0.00007305 289 100%
2007 231 0.000057783 231 100%
2008 215 0.000054698 215 100%
2009 195 0.000051045 195 100%
2010 193 0.000052222 193 100%
2011 181 0.000049483 181 100%
2012 177 0.000048395 177 100%
2013 152 0.000041693 152 100%
2014 161 0.000043439 161 100%
2015 154 0.000041611 154 100%
2016 143 0.000038978 143 100%
2017 189 0.000052849 189 100%
2018 136 0.000038681 136 100%
2019 132 0.00003803 132 100%
2020 131 0.000039215 131 100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 100%
2022 117 0.000034583 117 100%
2023 99 0.000029899 99 100%
2024 111 0.000033348 111 100%

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