Maura

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Maura is a female given name primarily used in English, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Scots Gaelic, and Irish. In Romance languages it appears as the feminine form of the Roman given name Maurus. In Gaelic languages it may be an Anglicisation of Máire, the Irish form of Mary.

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Maura first appears in the data in 1903 and has been recorded in 113 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1964 with 430 babies (rank #468 that year). In 2024 it was given to 111 girls (rank #1,810). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Maura

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

19,844
Total babies (all years)
113
Years in the data
430
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
19035#1,975
19125#3,279
19136#3,068
19156#4,081
19167#3,798
19175#5,051
19188#3,742
19196#4,616
192016#2,334
192114#2,586
192211#3,091
19238#3,857
192417#2,280
192519#2,092
19268#3,786
192711#2,992
192810#3,082
192911#2,857
193013#2,513
193114#2,270
193222#1,664
193322#1,641
193424#1,535
193532#1,295
193620#1,726
193716#2,067
193825#1,533
193924#1,578
194030#1,398
194135#1,303
194232#1,461
194337#1,357
194442#1,230
194543#1,227
194657#1,127
194765#1,116
194899#878
194992#929
195080#1,024
1951121#814
1952161#704
1953140#776
1954208#632
1955218#632
1956249#608
1957288#570
1958293#580
1959311#553
1960332#530
1961366#512
1962364#509
1963418#473
1964430#468
1965385#484
1966348#507
1967337#518
1968346#518
1969325#548
1970271#627
1971262#633
1972240#640
1973216#691
1974206#711
1975174#798
1976194#748
1977194#780
1978191#790
1979229#726
1980232#724
1981236#711
1982280#640
1983248#685
1984222#738
1985267#676
1986273#676
1987271#683
1988317#627
1989347#614
1990349#643
1991374#602
1992313#692
1993311#695
1994297#706
1995303#698
1996310#698
1997361#620
1998335#683
1999310#728
2000308#748
2001372#674
2002300#786
2003317#781
2004358#738
2005318#816
2006289#917
2007231#1,123
2008215#1,186
2009195#1,257
2010193#1,248
2011181#1,306
2012177#1,329
2013152#1,469
2014161#1,417
2015154#1,491
2016143#1,564
2017189#1,254
2018136#1,586
2019132#1,612
2020131#1,599
202190#2,110
2022117#1,772
202399#1,993
2024111#1,810