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Maisie

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAY-zee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#39 for girls
US rank, 2025
#233 for girls

Classic

Maisie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 39th for girls in the UK (1,182 babies) and 233rd for girls in the US (1,328 babies).

What does Maisie mean?

Greek: Scottish pet form of Margaret, via Gaelic Mairead

“pearl”

A Scottish pet form of Margaret; Henry James wrote the 1897 novel What Maisie Knew.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Maisie a girl's or a boy's name?

Maisie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,182 girls in the UK and 1,328 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Maisie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#39among girls
Babies in 2025
1,182about 1 in 240 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
5.8%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,182 girls in the UK were named Maisie, making it the 39th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 37th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 3,150 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maisie than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Maisie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,311 girls in the UK were given Maisie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #41.

Among girls in 2025, it was 43rd in England and Wales, 11th in Scotland and 35th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#59), 2014 (#44) and 2024 (#44).

1996Busiest: 3,150 in 20102025
Maisie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,182#39
20241,212#38
20231,275#32
20221,286#35
20211,453#34
20201,334#37
20191,355#39
20181,297#42
20171,339#46
20161,313#48
20151,294#51
20141,367#45
20131,429#44
20121,846#31
20112,437#23
20103,150#14
20091,818#38
20081,120#66
20071,080#65
20061,119#59
2005984#65
2004969#64
20031,029#60
20021,108#53
2001808#73
2000815#69
1999616#97
1998545#109
1997435#130
1996341#145

How popular is Maisie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#233among girls
Babies in 2025
1,328about 1 in 1,200 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 58% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,328 girls in the US were named Maisie, making it the 233rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 410th. It first appears in the records in 1890.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Maisie of any year since it first appeared, in 1890.

Half of all the girls named Maisie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,798 girls in the US were given Maisie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #233 for this spelling alone.

1890Busiest: 1,328 in 20252025
Maisie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,328#233
20241,246#256
20231,063#293
2022917#347
2021781#406
2020766#410
2019912#346
2018628#495
2017595#525
2016541#574
2015458#625
2014437#653
2013218#1,116
2012150#1,497
2011138#1,577
2010123#1,703
2009116#1,838
2008114#1,865
2007131#1,679
2006119#1,743
2005117#1,689
2004106#1,794
200397#1,884
200298#1,819
2001101#1,762
200088#1,919
199992#1,736
199898#1,644
199764#2,155
199663#2,148
199548#2,583
199456#2,318
199345#2,671
199260#2,215
199146#2,614
199030#3,518
198917#5,043
198821#4,167
198712#5,918
198614#5,185
198515#4,858
198414#4,965
198311#5,822
198218#4,166
198110#6,321
198015#4,742
197912#5,426
197813#4,931
197712#5,212
197616#3,961
197511#5,159
197414#4,226
19737#6,664
19720–
197110#5,134
19706#7,069
19695#7,469
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19617#5,308
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19566#5,324
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19505#5,299
19497#4,234
19485#5,241
19478#4,005
19467#3,993
19455#4,554
19446#4,052
19430–
19427#3,736
19418#3,250
19407#3,501
19390–
19387#3,448
19376#3,798
19368#3,101
19359#2,924
193411#2,566
19338#3,108
193216#2,036
193111#2,579
193020#1,814
192923#1,641
192827#1,540
192725#1,668
192623#1,771
192526#1,646
192427#1,643
192332#1,428
192227#1,611
192135#1,341
192022#1,816
191920#1,855
191820#1,887
191717#1,995
191613#2,368
191527#1,367
191413#1,896
191313#1,670
191210#1,843
191115#1,171
19100–
19098#1,607
19088#1,547
19075#2,060
19067#1,553
19056#1,695
19040–
19039#1,204
19025#1,792
19019#1,136
190010#1,230
18996#1,393
189811#1,047
18975#1,554
18966#1,416
18950–
18940–
18938#1,091
18928#1,085
18916#1,213
18905#1,337

Names like Maisie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Evie Phoebe Millie Mila Willow Hallie Esme Isla Zara Elodie Lyra Margot

Other spellings of Maisie

Maisy Maizie Maisey Mazie Mayzie Maizy Maizey Maizee Mazzy Maezie Maysie

Names related to Maisie

Maisha Maisa Masie Missie Maize Maisee

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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, “Maisie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maisie, updated 20 October 2026.