Maisey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-zee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,927 for girls
Maisey is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).
What does Maisey mean?
Greek: spelling of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
Spelling of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Margaret.
Is Maisey a girl's or a boy's name?
Maisey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 100 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maisey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Maisey, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 209 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maisey than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Maisey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,311 girls in the UK were given Maisey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #41, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Maisey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 42 | #942 |
| 2017 | 53 | #805 |
| 2016 | 59 | #746 |
| 2015 | 53 | #791 |
| 2014 | 82 | #568 |
| 2013 | 108 | #433 |
| 2012 | 163 | #328 |
| 2011 | 208 | #268 |
| 2010 | 209 | #267 |
| 2009 | 123 | #392 |
| 2008 | 70 | #594 |
| 2007 | 68 | #594 |
| 2006 | 71 | #556 |
| 2005 | 51 | #667 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Maisey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,927th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 100 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Maisey, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had the most girls named Maisey of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Maisey in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,798 girls in the US were given Maisey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #1,927 for this spelling alone.
Maisey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,927 |
| 2024 | 85 | #2,218 |
| 2023 | 86 | #2,195 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
Names like Maisey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lainey, Miley, Lyra, Riley, Tilly, Mila, Lily, Myla, Freya, Isla, Poppy, Mia
Other spellings of Maisey
Maisie, Maisy, Maizie, Mazie, Mayzie, Maizy, Maizey, Maizee, Mazzy, Maezie, Maysie
Names related to Maisey
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maisey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maisey, updated 20 October 2026.