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 Mรกire, the Irish form of Mary.

From Wikipedia

Maura first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 38 babies (rank #306 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

620
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
38
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19561#1,238
19571#1,249
19581#1,271
19601#1,314
19612#1,174
19622#1,188
19631#1,369
19641#1,357
19651#1,409
19661#1,431
19672#1,254
19682#1,287
19693#1,151
19703#1,109
19719#784
19726#910
19734#1,015
19753#1,118
19764#1,021
19774#1,019
19784#1,053
19794#1,079
19808#787
19815#970
19825#994
19833#1,211
19843#1,224
19855#1,033
19864#1,157
19872#1,450
19882#1,461
19895#1,074
19906#1,026
19916#1,026
19929#866
199319#595
199412#736
199513#702
19969#843
199713#702
199827#459
199927#453
200019#552
200124#486
200231#415
200332#397
200436#349
200530#380
200632#359
200738#306
200826#420
200924#425
201023#429
201122#423
201212#585
201313#528
201415#472