Girls' name · since 1885
Maidie
Maidie has 156 recorded births since 1885 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,368 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Maidie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 156 recorded since 1885.
Social Security Administration records show Maidie recorded 156 times among girls since 1885, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 1938.
- #22,368 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 1885
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maidie ranks #22,368 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1885, peaking in the 1910s.
- #22,368 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Maidie's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maidie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maidie's full recorded timeline at 1919, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1885, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maidie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–1938
- Peak year (1919)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Maidie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (58 births, 37% of the file).
1910s was Maidie's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Maidie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 58 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Maidie's data
- Maidie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maidie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1885–1938 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maidie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.