Maysel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Maysel

The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Maysel between 1897 and 1941, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maysel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maysel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maysel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maysel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maysel 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 351 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.