Maple is a distinctive choice, ranked #1353 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Maple in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1353
About the Name Maple
Maple is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 493 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1245 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2007.
Maple is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Maple
Unlikely. With around 24 UK babies named Maple per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Maple in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Maple is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 493 places over the last five years to #1353 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Maple is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Maple include: Maple (surname) — Maple is a surname.; Carsten Maple — Carsten Maple is professor of cyber systems engineering at the University of Warwick.; Maple Eight — In Canada, the Maple Eight are the eight largest pension funds..
Maple does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Maples in the wild.
24
UK babies named Maple (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 493 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Maple
Likely around 1 other Maple in the class
UK Popularity (2007–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Maple
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Maple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dale Maple, US Army private convicted of a crime equivalent to treason in World War II Eddie Maple, American thoroughbred horse racing jockey Howard Maple, National Football League and Major League Baseball player Jack Maple, American police officer Marvin L.
Carsten Maple is professor of cyber systems engineering at the University of Warwick. He was previously professor of applicable computing at the University of Bedfordshire.
In Canada, the Maple Eight are the eight largest pension funds. The investment approach used by the Maple-8 is known globally as the 'Canadian model', in which they utilize a direct investment approach and internally manage their own assets and portfolios.
The "Maple Leaf Rag" is an early ragtime musical piece composed for piano by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, becoming the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent composers.