# Maisie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maisie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmeɪ.zi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maisey, Maisy, Maizie, Maysie, Mazie |
| US babies named this | 12,954 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,954 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33,634, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From May (a pet form of Margaret) + -sie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 138 | 1,585 |
| 2012 | 150 | 1,499 |
| 2013 | 218 | 1,117 |
| 2014 | 437 | 654 |
| 2015 | 458 | 625 |
| 2016 | 541 | 574 |
| 2017 | 595 | 525 |
| 2018 | 628 | 496 |
| 2019 | 912 | 346 |
| 2020 | 766 | 410 |
| 2021 | 781 | 406 |
| 2022 | 917 | 347 |
| 2023 | 1,063 | 294 |
| 2024 | 1,246 | 256 |
| 2025 | 1,328 | 233 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,230 | 22 |
| 2012 | 1,658 | 30 |
| 2013 | 1,265 | 41 |
| 2014 | 1,221 | 44 |
| 2015 | 1,113 | 53 |
| 2016 | 1,111 | 51 |
| 2017 | 1,142 | 46 |
| 2018 | 1,089 | 46 |
| 2019 | 1,168 | 40 |
| 2020 | 1,094 | 41 |
| 2021 | 1,229 | 36 |
| 2022 | 1,072 | 42 |
| 2023 | 1,039 | 41 |
| 2024 | 992 | 44 |
| 2025 | 966 | 43 |

## People named Maisie

- Maisie Richardson-Sellers, English actress (born 1992/1993)
- Maisie Peters, British singer
- Maisie Carr, Australian ecologist (1912–1988)
- Mazo de la Roche, Canadian writer (1879-1961)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.