Maisy
Maisie, also spelt Maisy or other minor variations, is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of the Scottish Gaelic name Mairead or the Irish name Mairéad, which are the equivalent of the English name Margaret. The -ie is a diminutive suffix used in Scottish as well as Northern England English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maisy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maisie, also spelt Maisy or other minor variations, is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of the Scottish Gaelic name Mairead or the Irish name Mairéad, which are the equivalent of the English name Margaret. The -ie is a diminutive suffix used in Scottish as well as Northern England English.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maisy
American parents first put Maisy on the record books as a baby girl name in 1991, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 390 Maisys were born — ranking #727 that year. About 48% of every Maisy on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maisy ranks #727 for baby girls with 390 births, rising sharply (+70% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maisy
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Names that sound like Maisy
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About the name Maisy
Maisy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Maisy's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #727. Use the chart and map above to compare Maisy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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