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Maple

Maple: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“maple tree”
Origin
English
Say it
MAY-pul · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From the English tree name, ultimately from Old English mapul. It is used as a modern nature name.

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How popular is Maple?

202460.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Maple in 2024199

2024 rank#1,189 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,060

Maple is rising: use over the last five years is 4.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Maple

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Maple questions

What does the name Maple mean?

Maple means "maple tree". It comes from English. From the English tree name, ultimately from Old English mapul. It is used as a modern nature name.

Is Maple a boy or girl name?

Maple is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Maple?

199 US babies were named Maple in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Maple?

Maple is usually pronounced MAY-pul.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.