Maude
Pronounced M AO1 D (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1888
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Maude?
Maude is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 59,031 children — the 486th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 267 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,865 in a single year. That peak was in 1888.
Maud is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Maude and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Maud
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AO1 D
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Maude
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Maude
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Maude?
- Maude ranks 486th among girls' names in US records, with 59,031 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 267.
- Is Maude a unisex name?
- No. Maude is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Maude most popular?
- 1888, when 1,865 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Maude spelled?
- Maud. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.