Maize — #6539 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Maize

The Social Security Administration has registered 179 babies named Maize between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maize currently holds the #6539 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Maize is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 90 additional births since 2012.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maize performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maize shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maize in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maize 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 179 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.