Maitland
Maitland is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maitland
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maitland is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maitland
As a girl name
American parents first put Maitland on the record books as a girl name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 22 Maitlands were born — ranking #4,518 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 52% of all recorded Maitlands. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 126 Maitlands have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Maitland on the record books as a boy name in 1914, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 14 Maitlands were born — ranking #2,091 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Maitlands. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 226 Maitlands have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Maitland
Maitland is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 226 births in the dataset. Maitland's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,091. Use the chart and map above to compare Maitland'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.