Maida
Maida was given to 43 girls in 2025, #3,555 among girls’ names; 3,003 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,650 Americans named Maida and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 9 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maida by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Maida?
#3,555 among girls’ names, 2025
Maida rose from #3,572 in 2015 to #3,555 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 24.6 to 26.8 per million.
57 babies in 1918, the peak
Maida peaked in 1918, when 57 girls were given it, #956 among girls’ names. The 43 births of 2025 are 75% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,555 | 26.8 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,154 | 31.5 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,458 | 28.7 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,061 | 32.9 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,593 | 26.2 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,431 | 27.8 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,205 | 29.8 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,375 | 27.6 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,812 | 23.2 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,633 | 24.3 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 44 | #3,572 | 24.6 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,072 | 20.7 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,242 | 14.8 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,250 | 11.9 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,864 | 13.1 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,747 | 9.0 |
| 2009 | 23 | #6,016 | 12.5 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,720 | 10.6 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,232 | 11.4 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,363 | 8.9 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,649 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,669 | 8.2 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,211 | 10.4 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,612 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,528 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,343 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,710 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,347 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,761 | 5.7 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,312 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,140 | 4.5 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,520 | 5.6 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,594 | 2.7 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,869 | 4.3 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,262 | 5.3 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,714 | 8.1 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,482 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,791 | 9.8 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,411 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,893 | 7.0 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,735 | 7.1 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,061 | 5.4 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,094 | 8.3 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,129 | 8.4 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,789 | 12.6 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,337 | 10.6 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,825 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,852 | 12.4 |
| 1976 | 12 | #5,069 | 8.2 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,222 | 15.1 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,200 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,413 | 13.0 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,742 | 5.9 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,595 | 10.8 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,519 | 10.3 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,903 | 5.9 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,658 | 6.1 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,769 | 7.9 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,857 | 7.1 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,378 | 5.7 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,804 | 3.7 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,564 | 7.3 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,781 | 10.2 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,413 | 7.4 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,617 | 10.9 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,054 | 7.9 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,036 | 8.0 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,787 | 8.8 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,892 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,196 | 12.8 |
| 1954 | 28 | #2,007 | 14.4 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,561 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 26 | #2,002 | 14.0 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,226 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,888 | 15.2 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,944 | 14.6 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,840 | 15.9 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,121 | 12.4 |
| 1946 | 22 | #2,000 | 14.0 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,562 | 21.4 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,448 | 24.1 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,354 | 26.5 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,428 | 24.4 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,436 | 24.8 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,211 | 32.4 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,090 | 14.6 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,915 | 16.3 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,823 | 17.9 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,925 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,699 | 20.0 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,965 | 16.3 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,253 | 32.7 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,791 | 18.7 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,170 | 35.7 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,164 | 14.2 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,384 | 27.8 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,815 | 19.1 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,473 | 26.0 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,235 | 33.7 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,243 | 32.9 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,134 | 38.4 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,542 | 24.0 |
| 1922 | 54 | #1,026 | 45.0 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,249 | 31.6 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,112 | 38.4 |
| 1919 | 56 | #949 | 49.6 |
| 1918 | 57 | #956 | 49.2 |
| 1917 | 46 | #1,049 | 42.5 |
| 1916 | 56 | #911 | 53.6 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,243 | 32.5 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,289 | 31.5 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,257 | 33.6 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,456 | 26.9 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,151 | 38.2 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,051 | 17.7 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,338 | 31.7 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,502 | 26.9 |
| 1907 | 18 | #911 | 56.5 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,080 | 44.0 |
| 1905 | 15 | #994 | 51.4 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,219 | 36.3 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,113 | 42.0 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,184 | 37.9 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,291 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,040 | 46.7 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,154 | 38.6 |
| 1898 | 17 | #832 | 65.7 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,078 | 42.7 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,092 | 42.0 |
| 1895 | 12 | #962 | 51.4 |
| 1894 | 12 | #928 | 53.8 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,565 | 23.5 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,058 | 42.4 |
| 1891 | 11 | #872 | 59.3 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,291 | 31.5 |
| 1889 | 10 | #877 | 56.1 |
| 1888 | 12 | #774 | 67.2 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,105 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 8 | #871 | 55.4 |
| 1883 | 8 | #735 | 71.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maida a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maida has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Maida: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maida, and how old are they?
1,650 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 3,003 Americans ever recorded as Maida. The median Maida alive today is 29 years old; half are between 9 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 2,483 people named Maida (2,461 women and girls, 22 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,518 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 145 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 293 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 219 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 162 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 258 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 566 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maida born?
The states with the most babies named Maida are Minnesota, New York and California, with 78% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 281 | #181 | 4.9× |
| New York | 133 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 63 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 45 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 36 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Mexico | 10 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Washington | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Colorado | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Maida is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maida is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 4.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maida with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 52,551 babies since 1880, Maida is the second most given (5.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 43 of their 176 babies (24%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maida
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maida and names like it
- Compare Maida and MaudeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMaida peaked in 1918.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maida since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Maida.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Maida alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.