Maisie
For 2025 the count puts Maisie at #233 nationwide, and it is climbing. An old entry (1890) having its biggest moment now, with 12,954 American bearers across the record.
What Maisie carries
Maisie · Greek
“pearl”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Maisie’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Maisie, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Maisie since 1890
Maisie is at its all-time peak right now: #233 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Maisie is most common
Maisie is most common in Wyoming: 0.62% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Alaska (0.54%) and West Virginia (0.34%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Maisie
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Milan
#242 in 2025 · Greek
Milo
#119 in 2025 · Greek
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
Myles
#100 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
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About Maisie
How popular is the name Maisie?
For 2025 the count puts Maisie at #233 nationwide, and it is climbing. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1890.
Does Maisie have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “pearl”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Maisie?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Milan, Milo and Margot, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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