Maisy — #801 US girls' name
3,841 babies named Maisy in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Maisy was born in this single decade.
356 babies were named Maisy in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maisy
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,841 babies named Maisy between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maisy currently holds the #801 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 356 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maisy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,600 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maisy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 313 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Maisy in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maisy 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 3,841 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.
Maisy at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Maisy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2023)
- 356
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #801 among girls.
3,841 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 356 births in a single year.
Maisy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,600 births that decade — 42% of Maisy's all-time total
Maisy decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,600 births
- Runner-up 1,435 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maisy's strongest decade
1,600 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Maisy by state
Where Maisy concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 313 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 202 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 124 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 117 | 3.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 98 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 96 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 96 | 2.5% |
313 of 3,841 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
- Minnesota 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Maisy appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1991–2024 (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.