Maisy

What Maisy means

Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”

diminutive of the female given name Margaret || From the name of 3rd century Saint Margaret the Virgin, from Middle English Margaret, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian s

Source: Wiktionary, “Maisy” (revision 90898583) and “Margaret” (revision 94541482), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Maisy?

US: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #273 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 365 girls got the name (#745 that year). First in the US records in 1991.

How common

• About 1 in 4,403 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,127 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.97 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.77 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Maisy is #745 in the US and #490 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Maisy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Macy390 US · 18 E&W
• Macey129 US · 25 E&W
• Maisey100 US · 10 E&W
• Maizy103 US
• Maysa31 US · 35 E&W
• Masa36 US · 23 E&W
• Maizey51 US
• Mahsa28 US · 18 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Maisy

Girls

• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Talia#265Editor’s note Steady in the US: #285 in 2015 and #265 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maisy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.