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By Grace Royal · Oct 2026

Maura

OriginAnglicized variation of Maire, Finnish, Irish variation of Mary"sweet; drop of the sea, bitter"
Meaning"sweet; drop of the sea, bitter"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
Girls#1640

2025 SSA

BoysUnranked

Below 5 births

About Maura

Somber, almost mournful name that still has a lovely sound. Neither really in nor out, Maura has played around at the lower half of the Top 1000 since the late 1940s. It might make one of those golden choices that are familiar without being too popular or two rare, the perfect honor name for an ancestral Mary.

Maura is also given to boys.

Pronounced MOR-uh.

As of October 2026, Maura ranked #1640 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #468 in 1964, Nameberry popularity #502.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#1,500#2,000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#1,41716190.1
2015#1,49115486.3
2016#1,56414380.7
2017#1,254189109.5
2018#1,58613679.9
2019#1,61213278.6
2020#1,59913181
2021#2,1109054.8
2022#1,77211771.3
2023#1,9939961.7
2024#1,81011168.5
2025#1,64012779
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Mauras

  • Maura HigginsGirl

    Love Island 2019 Star

  • Saint Maura of EgyptGirl

    Antinoe of Egypt

  • Saint Maura of IrelandGirl

    a martyred companion of Britta

  • Saint Maura of TroyesGirl

    a noble French virgin

  • Maura Jo WestGirl

    American actress

  • Maura Therese TierneyGirl

    American actress

  • Maura TombelliGirl

    Italian astronomer

  • Maura O'ConnellGirl

    Irish singer

  • Maura Ann HartyGirl

    American politician

  • Maura ViceconteGirl

    Italian distance runner

  • Maura HealeyGirl

    American politician; 59th Attorney General of Massachusetts

  • Maura WilliamsGirl

    daughter of American reality TV personalities Brady and Paulie Williams

  • Maura MackeyGirl

    American director/writer

  • Maura GallagherGirl

    mother of singer Niall Horan

  • Maura MurrayGirl

    American missing person

Maura in pop culture

  • Dr. Maura IslesGirl

    main character in the Rizzoli & Isles series

  • MauraGirl

    character in "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green

  • Maura SargentGirl

    psychic in the Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater

  • Maura PfeffermanGirl

    main character on TV's "Transparent"

  • Maura EllisGirl

    character in 2015 film "Sisters"

  • Maura GleeGirl

    character in webcomic Diesel Sweeties

  • Maura LabingiGirl

    alias of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings

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