# Maud (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maud/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mɔd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Maudie |
| Variant spellings | Maude |
| US babies named this | 13,190 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 13,159 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 204, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Mahaut. Doublet of Matilda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 8 | 6,628 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,896 |
| 1986 | 5 | 12,095 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,724 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,551 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,874 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,254 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,007 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,132 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,869 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,882 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,533 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,299 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,701 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,648 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 6 | 836 |
| 1883 | 5 | 998 |
| 1886 | 5 | 1,057 |
| 1889 | 5 | 1,057 |
| 1892 | 5 | 1,193 |
| 1908 | 5 | 1,529 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- French: Maud, Maude
- Greek: Μαώ

## People named Maud

- Maud of Wales, British princess (1869–1938), Queen consort of Norway from 1905 to 1938
- Maud Menten, Canadian physician and chemist (1879–1960)
- Maud Lewis, Canadian artist (1903–1970)
- Maud Watson, English tennis player
- Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, British princess; youngest child of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Louise, Princess
- Maud Wagner, American circus performer and tattoo artist
- Miss Maud Angelica Behn, eldest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn
- Maud Mannoni, French psychoanalyst (1923–1998)
- Elsie Maud Wakefield, British mycologist (1886-1972)
- Maud Allan, choreographer (1873-1956)
- Maud Powell, American violinist (1867–1920)
- Maud Wood Park, American suffragist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.