Maitland — boys' name
226 babies named Maitland in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Maitland was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Maitland in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maitland
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Maitland between 1914 and 2020, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maitland currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Maitland is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 126 additional births since 1919.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maitland performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Maitland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maitland in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maitland 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 226 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.
Maitland at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maitland popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1914
- Peak year (1917)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
226 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 14 births in a single year.
Maitland popularity over time — girls
126 total births recorded since 1919 (Maitland as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Maitland accounts for 36% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maitland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 62 births that decade — 27% of Maitland's all-time total
Maitland decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Maitland's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Maitland by state
Where Maitland concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 226 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% 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, 1914–2020 (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.