Girls' name · since 1991
Maisy
Maisy has 4,207 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #745 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,207
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maisy currently ranks #745 among girls' names in America, with 4,207 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maisy has been recorded 4,207 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #745 nationally and more common than 96% 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 1991 to 2025.
- #2,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #745 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,207 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maisy ranks #2,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #745 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,207 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #745 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,207
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maisy's 4,207 recorded births place it above 96.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maisy compares
4,207 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Maisy's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maisy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,207 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 365 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maisy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maisy's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 365, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maisy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 365
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Maisy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,801 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Maisy's strongest decade.
1,801 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Maisy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 131
1990s
131 births
- 2000s 675
2000s
675 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,600 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,801 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,801 births (43% of all-time use).
How Maisy 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 Maisy's total volume
Maisy by state
Where Maisy concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 335 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 225 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 158 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 132 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 128 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 114 | 2.7% |
| #7 | New York | | 112 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Washington | | 110 | 2.6% |
335 of 4,207 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Maisy appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maisy's data
- California records the most Maisys (335 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 Maisy: 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 (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Maisy 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.