Maude

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maude: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maude: Recorded since 1980, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #542, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#542highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Maude's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#4736
2016	#2966
2017	#3583
2018	#2499
2019	#3541
2020	#3899
2021	#3961
2022	#2058
2023	#2504
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1980–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maude by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maude in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000s	28	6 of 10	5
2010s	60	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maude appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #542 in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Maude's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1980 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #542, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arnav · #542, 26y
Avleen · #541, 22y
Cristiano · #541, 27y
Deniz · #541, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Davinia · #533, 12y
Kristal · #529, 21y
Alvina · #519, 25y
Carey · #519, 21y

Maude was ranked #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1980. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maude and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maude without appearing here.

Maude moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Maude

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2458.
Selma Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2643.

Moved the opposite way to Maude

Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maude went from #3970 to #2253 while Hayden went from #3970 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Maude

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maude went from #3900 to #2253 and Frida from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maude went from #3900 to #2253 and Meabh from #3225 to #952.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maude went from #5707 to #2253 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maude went from #4050 to #2253 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #542 in Republic of Ireland in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maude

Maude at a glance

What stands out in Maude's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maude by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Maude at a glance

What stands out in Maude's record

Maude by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maude appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Names published alongside Maude

Maude and the names beside it

Maude moved ahead of

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