Maple
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning the maple tree.
Babies a year
31
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1079
31 babies
Maple by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Maple. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 116 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maple. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mablelovable; a form of Mabel16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mailegarland; wreath of flowers21 in the US (2017)
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marleepleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley657 in the US (2017)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a tree
Like Maple, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Maple
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