Girl
Maura
Rooted in Irish, Maura is a girl's name that means "Irish form of Mary". It is not as common as it was in the 1960s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
IrishIrish form of Mary
Etymology"Beloved" or "bitter"
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
43
1920s
125
1930s
212
1940s
532
1950s
2,069
1960s
3,651
1970s
2,177
1980s
2,698
1990s
3,263
2000s
2,902
2010s
1,350
Peaked in the 1960s · 19,027 total U.S. births since 1900