Maud

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Maud or Maude derived from the Old French name Mahaut for Matilda. It originated in Old High German and consisted of the two words 'maht' and 'hiltja'. Its meaning is thus "powerful battler" or "powerful in battle".

From Wikipedia

Maud first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 107 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1886 with 478 babies (rank #74 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 girls (rank #14,595). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Maud

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Maud yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

13,190
Total babies (all years)
107
Years in the data
478
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880345#70
1881328#71
1882432#69
1883425#68
1884461#72
1885429#75
1886478#74
1887402#83
1888469#86
1889432#92
1890439#97
1891366#108
1892402#112
1893366#119
1894333#129
1895305#145
1896298#157
1897270#165
1898262#177
1899244#175
1900286#186
1901221#186
1902218#198
1903176#224
1904159#249
1905192#224
1906181#240
1907143#292
1908138#303
1909122#330
1910143#320
1911135#342
1912149#377
1913168#372
1914175#399
1915182#458
1916165#509
1917168#514
1918182#504
1919162#541
1920159#569
1921131#648
1922145#597
1923157#573
1924133#651
1925128#650
1926118#667
1927110#695
192879#813
192980#786
193070#858
193144#1,068
193265#866
193349#994
193443#1,070
193543#1,065
193630#1,338
193737#1,191
193845#1,075
193916#2,094
194024#1,622
194131#1,406
194220#1,956
194328#1,618
194412#2,722
194521#1,860
194618#2,285
194720#2,258
194813#2,915
194918#2,384
195019#2,312
195121#2,231
195212#3,326
195318#2,568
195413#3,265
195511#3,714
195611#3,833
195710#4,101
195813#3,494
19596#6,007
196011#4,081
19619#4,776
19627#5,651
19648#5,296
196511#4,112
19666#6,292
19675#7,467
19687#6,022
19699#5,314
197010#5,285
19728#6,335
19739#5,869
19748#6,628
19846#9,895
19865#12,093
19876#10,723
19915#14,551
19966#12,874
19975#15,253
20015#17,006
20027#13,132
20136#15,864
20146#15,879
20175#17,527
20185#17,292
20226#14,693
20246#14,595