Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Maude

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Maude
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.1% from peak

Peak era

1888

Peak rank proxy

1,396

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 18882024

Peak year

1888

Decline from peak

97.1%

2024

All-time

45,708

Maude once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1888, when 1,396 girls were named Maude.

In 2024, only 41 girls were given the name.

Down 97.1% from its peak.

All told, about 45,708 Americans have been named Maude and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.1% from peak

18881,396 girls named Maude

202441 girls named Maude

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