Maud

Maud was the #4,201 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (5 babies).

Maud as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maud as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Maud as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025—#4,201 (5)———
2024#13,477 (6)#2,575 (10)#790 (3)——
2023—#3,599 (6)—#625 (5)—
2022#13,592 (6)#3,971 (5)——#3,228 (5)
2021—#2,499 (10)——#3,280 (5)
2020—#3,117 (7)—#700 (4)—
2019—#4,001 (5)—#621 (5)—
2018#15,682 (5)#2,674 (9)—#629 (5)—
2017#15,902 (5)#2,502 (10)—#873 (3)—
2016—#3,609 (6)—#868 (3)—
2015—#4,736 (4)———
2014#14,558 (6)#2,058 (13)—#752 (4)—
2013#14,582 (6)#2,649 (9)———
2012—#3,681 (6)———
2011—#3,185 (7)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2014 at #2,058.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Maud is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 44,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 92,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaudCanadaGirls—too few
MaudEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MaudIrelandGirls—too few
MaudNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaudScotlandGirls—too few
MaudUSGirls—too few
MaudUSBoys—too few