How rare is the name Maisie?

6,276 people in the United States have the first name Maisie, about 1 in 48,125. It ranks #3,373 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MAISIE

#3,373

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,276
About
1 in 48,125
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,276 people named Maisie, 78.4% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maisie peaked in 2025, when 1,328 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,328
In 2025*
1,328
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,954 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Maisie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #653. The largest share of babies named Maisie, 76.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,10655
1900s#2,36167
1910s#3,234148
1920s#2,880267
1930s#4,82096
1940s#6,42160
1950s#12,55611
1960s#13,98612
1970s#8,238101
1980s#7,780147
1990s#3,782602
2000s#3,1521,087
2010s#1,2924,200
2020s#6536,101
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–1213.5%
2013 and later76.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Maisie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maisie has been most common in Utah (2.5×), New Hampshire (2.5×), and Washington (2.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.34×).

10,235 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Maisie

2 other first names also have 6,276 people.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maisie, most common first.

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