Maida — #3116 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maida

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,960 babies named Maida between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maida currently holds the #3116 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maida performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 380 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Maida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Maida in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maida in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,960 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.