Maura

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maura: Recorded since 1964, it reached #136 in 1972, and it stood at #736 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
72times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#136highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#2165
1999	#2770
2003	#4373
2005	#2970
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2014	#5691
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2021	#3961
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#3318

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 Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3318 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #164 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #136 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maura appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,053 births with the name.

Maura across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maura's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#164 (1964)	#136 (1972)	#736 (2024)	54 of 61	1,053 (1964–2024)	51 (1972)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2165 (1998)	#3318 (2024)	14 of 29	60 (1996–2024)	7 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#324 (2010)	#418 (2022)	4 of 26	14 (1997–2022)	5 (2010)

Maura by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Maura in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	160	6 of 10	27
1970sbusiest	371	10 of 10	37
1980s	306	10 of 10	31
1990s	122	10 of 10	12
2000s	54	9 of 10	6
2010s	32	7 of 10	5
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Maura 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #136 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Maura'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	22	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	21	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	23	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	36	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	31	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	36	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	42	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	42	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	30	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	41	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	41	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	32	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	35	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	28	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	38	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	51	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	43	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	32	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	24	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	40	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	22	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	25	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	27	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #136, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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.

Maud · #161, 59y
Maude · #542, 26y
Maureen · #31, 70y
Maurice · #46, 69y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Katarina · #138, 61y
Thelma · #134, 56y
Jayne · #139, 53y
Nessa · #127, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dermott · #137, 19y
Derrick · #137, 52y
Norah · #135, 62y
Ailish · #138, 62y

Maura was ranked #136 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1972. 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.

Maura 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 Maura without appearing here.

Maura moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Maura

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2165 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2203.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2770 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Maura

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 while Ada went from #372 to #50.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 while Amelia went from #300 to #8.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 while Annie went from #112 to #41.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 while Aoife went from #206 to #45.

Moved the same way as Maura

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 and Alison from #146 to #275.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 and Amanda from #118 to #631.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 and Angela from #24 to #372.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maura went from #164 to #736 and Ann from #4 to #556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #136 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maura

Maura at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maura across 3 official records

Maura by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maura appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Maura

Maura and the names beside it

Maura moved ahead of

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Maura at a glance

Maura across 3 official records

Maura by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maura appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Maura

Maura and the names beside it

Maura moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maura

Moved the opposite way to Maura

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