Unisex name · since 2002
Maize
196 babies named Maize in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,735 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maize is the #6735 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 196 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Maize recorded 196 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #6735 nationally today, ahead of 61% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #20,029 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,735 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 196 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maize ranks #20,029 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,735 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 196 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,735 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maize's 196 recorded births place it above 72.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Iowa.
How Maize compares
196 36th percentile among 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
Maize's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maize | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 196 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maize's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maize's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maize popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Maize popularity over time - boys
105 total births recorded since 2012 (Maize as boys' name)
Maize by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (113 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Maize's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Maize births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 113 births (58% of all-time use).
Maize by state
Where Maize concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Iowa | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 196 births nationwide.
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- Iowa records the most Maizes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Iowa names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maize: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Maize 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.