Maisy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-zee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #468 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #745 for girls
Maisy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 468th for girls in the UK (94 babies) and 745th for girls in the US (365 babies).
What does Maisy mean?
Greek: spelling of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
Spelling of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Margaret.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maisy a girl's or a boy's name?
Maisy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 girls in the UK and 365 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maisy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 468th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94 about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the UK were named Maisy, making it the 468th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 356th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 610 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Maisy than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Maisy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,311 girls in the UK were given Maisy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #41, up from #468 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.
Maisy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #468 |
| 2024 | 95 | #471 |
| 2023 | 121 | #385 |
| 2022 | 120 | #398 |
| 2021 | 119 | #415 |
| 2020 | 137 | #356 |
| 2019 | 107 | #440 |
| 2018 | 137 | #370 |
| 2017 | 140 | #363 |
| 2016 | 183 | #300 |
| 2015 | 202 | #269 |
| 2014 | 274 | #215 |
| 2013 | 315 | #188 |
| 2012 | 547 | #116 |
| 2011 | 602 | #106 |
| 2010 | 610 | #106 |
| 2009 | 411 | #151 |
| 2008 | 318 | #188 |
| 2007 | 346 | #176 |
| 2006 | 294 | #197 |
| 2005 | 337 | #175 |
| 2004 | 334 | #174 |
| 2003 | 284 | #189 |
| 2002 | 253 | #184 |
| 2001 | 171 | #266 |
| 2000 | 177 | #258 |
| 1999 | 122 | #309 |
| 1998 | 50 | #591 |
| 1997 | 47 | #618 |
| 1996 | 44 | #610 |
How popular is Maisy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 745th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 365 about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 365 girls in the US were named Maisy, making it the 745th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,131st. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had the most girls named Maisy of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Maisy in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,798 girls in the US were given Maisy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119, up from #745 for this spelling alone.
Maisy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 365 | #745 |
| 2024 | 351 | #801 |
| 2023 | 356 | #790 |
| 2022 | 268 | #987 |
| 2021 | 249 | #1,020 |
| 2020 | 212 | #1,131 |
| 2019 | 215 | #1,125 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,346 |
| 2017 | 178 | #1,311 |
| 2016 | 212 | #1,179 |
| 2015 | 222 | #1,139 |
| 2014 | 181 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,529 |
| 2012 | 97 | #2,003 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,356 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Maisy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tilly, Lily, Lyra, Poppy, Miley, Myla, Mila, Lainey, Mia, Freya, Zara, Ivy
Other spellings of Maisy
Maisie, Maizie, Maisey, Mazie, Mayzie, Maizy, Maizey, Maizee, Mazzy, Maezie, Maysie
Names related to Maisy
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, “Maisy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maisy, updated 20 October 2026.