Maie — girls' name
197 babies named Maie in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Maie was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Maie in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maie
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Maie between 1885 and 1935, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maie 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 197 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.
Maie at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1885
- Peak year (1921)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
197 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 11 births in a single year.
Maie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 52 births that decade — 26% of Maie's all-time total
Maie decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Maie's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Maie by state
Where Maie concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1885–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.