Maisie

Meaning: Pearl
Origin: Variant of Margaret (from Scottish Gaelic/Greek)

Girl's name · #233 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Maisie is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1890, it stood at #233 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 13,000 girls have been named Maisie along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#11 in Scotland (2025) · #36 in N. Ireland (2025) · #43 in England & Wales (2025) · #49 in Ireland (2025) · #56 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #60 in New Zealand (2025) · #74 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #88 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #577 in Netherlands (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #1,418 in Belgium (2025) · #1,437 in Ecuador (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Maisies

Maisie Williams — British actress (born 1997)
Maisie Richardson-Sellers — English actress
Maisie Peters — British singer
Maisie Carr — Australian ecologist (1912–1988)
Maisie Smith — British actress

In stories & tradition

Maisie Lockwood — Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (film)
Maisie Dobbs^fr — Maisie Dobbs (book)
Maisie MacKenzie — Title cat character in a book series by Aileen Paterson

What Maisies become

Among 44 notable people named Maisie:

Entertainers appear 2.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maisie Williams, British actress (born 1997).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Maisy (#745) and Maizie (#901), Maisie would rank around #148 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 67/18/15 across Maisie, Maisy, and Maizie.

Similar names: Maisy · Azalea · Maia · Raizy · Rory · Stevie

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