girls:
19.7k births since 1903
#1041 (82nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1982
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
19.7k births since 1903
#1827 (76th percentile)
The name Maura is the #1,827 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,732 recorded births since 1903. This represents the 76.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,041 (81.8% percentile) for all time with 19,727 births since 1903. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1982.
Maura first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 (1903 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Maura is available in 112 out of the 121 years between 1903 and 2023 (112 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Maura has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Maura reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 44.8% percentile (ranked #433) with 220 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 220 births per million (ranked 44.8% percentile). Despite a low point in 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Maura ranks #853 for girls (9.9% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 25.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Maura reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #691) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1982.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maura".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maura. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.4% confident that Maura is pronounced as MAW-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MOW-ruh, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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