Girls' name · since 1890
Maisie
Maisie has 12,954 recorded births since 1890 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #233 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,954
- born since 1890
- 2020s
- peak decade
12,954 babies have been named Maisie since 1890, making it today's #233 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maisie has been recorded 12,954 times among girls since 1890, currently ranked #233 nationally and more common than 99% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 2025.
- #1,423 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #233 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,954 born since 1890
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maisie ranks #1,423 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #233 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,954 born since 1890, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #233 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,954
- born since 1890
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maisie's 12,954 recorded births place it above 98.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maisie compares
12,954 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maisie's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maisie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,954 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,328 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maisie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maisie's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 95% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 5%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1890, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 1,328, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maisie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,328
- Annual births at peak, across 136 years of records
Maisie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6,101 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Maisie's strongest decade.
6,101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Maisie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 55
1890s
55 births
- 1900s 67
1900s
67 births
- 1910s 148
1910s
148 births
- 1920s 267
1920s
267 births
- 1930s 96
1930s
96 births
- 1940s 60
1940s
60 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 101
1970s
101 births
- 1980s 147
1980s
147 births
- 1990s 602
1990s
602 births
- 2000s 1,087
2000s
1,087 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,200 births
- 2020s
2020s
6,101 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6,101 births (47% of all-time use).
How Maisie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maisie's total volume
Maisie by state
Where Maisie concentrates geographically, total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,030 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 792 | 6.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 567 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 532 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 453 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 445 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 399 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Washington | | 384 | 3.0% |
1,030 of 12,954 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Maisie appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maisie's data
- California records the most Maisies (1,030 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maisie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~135 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, 1890–2025 (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 Maisie 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.