Maite

Meaning: Love
Origin: Basque — In Basque; also a nickname for María Teresa or María Esther

Girl's name · #1195 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Maite reached its best rank, #1024, in 2011 and ranked #1195 in 2025. Roughly 4,500 girls have been named Maite since 1968.

Across the states

See where Maite is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Maite is especially popular in Brazil.

#2 in Brazil (2025) · #208 in Ecuador (2025) · #258 in Mexico (2024) · #676 in Ireland (2025) · #1,231 in Belgium (2025) · #1,648 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,705 in England & Wales (2025).

Famous Maites

Maite Perroni — Mexican singer, dancer, actress, compositor, producer, host, model, business woman
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane — South African politician
Maite Carranza — Catalan screenwriter, writer and professor
Maitê Proença — Brazilian actress and writer
Maite Pagazaurtundúa — Spanish politician and writer

In stories & tradition

Maite Figueroa — La que se avecina (TV series)

What Maites become

Among 244 notable people named Maite:

Entertainers appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maite Perroni, Mexican singer (born 1983).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Mayte (#2713), Maite would rank around #983 with about 260 births last year — the newborns split about 75/25 between Maite and Mayte.

Similar names: Mayte · Analia · Maylee · Elliette · Azul · Mayah

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