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Maite

Gender
Girl
Say it
MY-tay
UK rank, 2025
#2,675 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,192 for girls

Maite is a girls' name, meaning “beloved, dear”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 1,192nd for girls in the US (193 babies).

What does Maite mean?

Basque word for beloved; also a Spanish contraction of Maria Teresa

“beloved, dear”

In Basque, maite means beloved; in Spanish it is also a contraction of the double name Maria Teresa.

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

Maite is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 193 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Maite in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,675among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 733% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Maite, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.

2009Busiest: 15 in 20222025
Maite in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#2,675
20245#4,253
20237#3,388
202215#1,957
20214#4,864
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20163#6,009
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20094#4,795

How popular is Maite in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,192among girls
Babies in 2025
193about 1 in 8,300 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 47% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 193 girls in the US were named Maite, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,432nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 244 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.

Half of all the girls named Maite in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 264 girls in the US were given Maite or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #1,192 for this spelling alone.

1968Busiest: 244 in 20112025
Maite in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025193#1,192
2024241#1,041
2023222#1,107
2022158#1,422
2021136#1,544
2020152#1,432
2019153#1,446
2018141#1,540
2017154#1,460
2016167#1,394
2015180#1,317
2014181#1,308
2013224#1,093
2012186#1,284
2011244#1,022
2010181#1,299
2009205#1,215
2008204#1,236
2007164#1,438
2006151#1,468
200555#2,931
200438#3,744
200322#5,414
200239#3,457
200137#3,545
200061#2,476
199977#2,015
199857#2,426
199773#1,961
199618#5,275
199513#6,636
199417#5,440
199320#4,820
199224#4,229
199126#3,930
199015#5,829
198913#6,154
19888#8,386
19875#11,320
19867#8,518
19858#7,560
19848#7,396
198314#4,883
198228#3,092
19818#7,407
198010#6,318
19790–
197811#5,562
197711#5,530
197618#3,677
197514#4,368
197410#5,359
19739#5,578
19729#5,479
19718#6,004
197015#3,871
196911#4,417
196812#3,999

Names like Maite

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

Maeve Esme Maisie Mila Myla Aoife Harper Mia Willow Phoebe Eden Lyra

Other spellings of Maite

Mayte

Names related to Maite

Matea Mati Mattie

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