first name
MAURA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,594 people named Maura, 68.9% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maura peaked in 1964, when 430 babies got the name.
At least 19,970 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Maura by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #904. The largest share of babies named Maura, 23.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Maura is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maura has been most common in Massachusetts (6.2×), Connecticut (4×), and Pennsylvania (3×), and least common in Tennessee (0.14×).
15,852 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Maura
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maura, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maura ranks #40,169 of 156,621, with 589 people. See Maura as a last name
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