girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Maisie

Meaning From Scottish Gaelic Mairead +‎ -sie Gender Girl Rank 2025 #233 Trend ↑ Rising 63%

From Scottish Gaelic Mairead +‎ -sie.

Rank 2025
#233
among girls · ↑23 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,328
named Maisie · +7% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,210
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,328 babies
All-time total
12,954
#1,423 all-time among girls
First recorded
1890
in Social Security records

Maisie popularity over time

12,954 babies have been named Maisie since 1890, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s 55 6 – #1,077
1900s 67 7 +22% #1,196
1910s 148 15 +121% #1,215
1920s 267 27 +80% #1,357
1930s 96 10 -64% #1,849
1940s 60 6 -37% #3,437
1950s 11 1 -82% #5,701
1960s 12 1 +9% #5,635
1970s 101 10 +742% #4,076
1980s 147 15 +46% #4,252
1990s 602 60 +310% #1,654
2000s 1,087 109 +81% #1,686
2010s 4,200 420 +286% #346
2020s (to 2025) 6,101 1,017 +142% #233

Where Maisie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,448 0.90 #208
2027 1,558 0.97 #200
2028 1,659 1.03 #190
2029 1,749 1.09 #176
2030 1,830 1.14 #164

Where Maisie is most popular

Girls named Maisie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.658 per 1,000. Strongest in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Maisie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Hampshire 54 2.92 +345%
Maine 42 2.72 +313%
Vermont 12 2.48 +276%
Wyoming 10 2.35 +257%
Montana 29 2.14 +226%
West Virginia 52 1.98 +202%
Utah 124 1.49 +127%
Oregon 97 1.49 +127%
Nebraska 53 1.47 +124%
Idaho 48 1.43 +118%
South Dakota 20 1.40 +113%
Massachusetts 165 1.36 +108%
Minnesota 147 1.36 +107%
Rhode Island 17 1.36 +106%
Washington 187 1.29 +97%
Colorado 142 1.27 +93%
Pennsylvania 287 1.21 +85%
Wisconsin 125 1.21 +85%
Iowa 69 1.18 +80%
North Dakota 14 1.07 +62%
Kentucky 91 1.06 +62%
Alaska 9 1.05 +59%
Ohio 248 1.05 +59%
Connecticut 60 1.03 +57%
Oklahoma 75 1.02 +55%
Indiana 142 1.01 +54%
Kansas 56 0.971 +48%
Missouri 114 0.946 +44%
Arkansas 49 0.927 +41%
Maryland 93 0.878 +33%
Tennessee 139 0.877 +33%
Michigan 154 0.845 +29%
Illinois 191 0.834 +27%
Virginia 141 0.827 +26%
Louisiana 65 0.743 +13%
Alabama 66 0.703 +7%
New Jersey 123 0.681 ≈ national
Arizona 95 0.677 ≈ national
District of Columbia 8 0.675 ≈ national
North Carolina 146 0.641 ≈ national
New York 243 0.614 -7%
South Carolina 55 0.612 -7%
Georgia 138 0.607 -8%
Nevada 25 0.538 -18%
Florida 229 0.535 -19%
Mississippi 22 0.470 -28%
California 386 0.459 -30%
Texas 365 0.454 -31%
Delaware 5 0.441 -33%
Hawaii – – –
New Mexico – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Maisie

Maisie is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #233 in 2025 with 1,328 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1890, 12,954 American babies have been named Maisie. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,328 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Maisie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Maisie?

The median living Maisie is about 6 years old; half are between 2 and 10. An estimated 12 thousand people named Maisie are alive in the United States today.

median 6 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Maisie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,328 #233
2024 1,246 #256
2023 1,063 #294
2022 917 #347
2021 781 #406
2020 766 #410
2019 912 #346
2018 628 #496
2017 595 #525
2016 541 #574
2015 458 #625
2014 437 #654
2013 218 #1,117
2012 150 #1,499
2011 138 #1,585
2010 123 #1,709
2009 116 #1,845
2008 114 #1,874
2007 131 #1,686
2006 119 #1,754
2005 117 #1,699
2004 106 #1,805
2003 97 #1,892
2002 98 #1,836
2001 101 #1,773
2000 88 #1,932
1995 48 #2,607
1990 30 #3,592
1985 15 #4,992
1980 15 #4,879
1975 11 #5,360
1970 6 #7,611
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 5 #5,796
1945 5 #4,977
1940 7 #3,720
1935 9 #3,073
1930 20 #1,849
1925 26 #1,677
1920 22 #1,864
1915 27 #1,387
1910 – –
1905 6 #1,836
1900 10 #1,281
1895 – –
1890 5 #1,452
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Maisie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Maisie Williams Maisie Williams British actress (born 1997) Contemporary
  2. 2 Maisie Richardson-Sellers Maisie Richardson-Sellers English actress b. 1992 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Maisie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Maisie?

The median living Maisie is about 6 years old. Half of all living Maisies are between 2 and 10 years old.

How many people named Maisie are alive today?

An estimated 12 thousand people named Maisie are alive in the United States, based on 12,954 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Maisie mean?

From Scottish Gaelic Mairead +‎ -sie.

How popular is the name Maisie in 2025?

Maisie ranked #233 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,328 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Maisie?

12,954 babies have been named Maisie in the United States since 1890, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Maisie most popular?

Maisie peaked in 2025, when 1,328 newborns received the name.

Is Maisie a boy or girl name?

Maisie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Maisie rising or falling?

Maisie is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Maisie become more popular?

Maisie is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,830 girls named Maisie in 2030, which would rank around #164. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Maisie?

Well-known people named Maisie include Maisie Williams (actor), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (actor).

Names like Maisie

Names that sound and feel close to Maisie: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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