Fun Facts About the Name Maisy
- More than 4 thousand babies named Maisy: U.S. records list 4,206 babies given the name Maisy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maisy Mean?
Maisy is a spelling variant of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Margaret, and it carries the same meaning: "pearl." The trail runs back through Latin margarita and Greek margaritēs, both meaning "pearl," to the name Margaret. Maisie is usually explained as a diminutive of Mairead, the Scottish Gaelic form of Margaret, formed with the familiar -ie ending. The literal sense of the name is therefore "pearl"; Maisy is a respelling rather than a separate word with its own etymology.
Maisy Name History & Origins
Margaret reached Britain with the Normans after 1066 and became common in Scotland, where it took the Gaelic form Mairead. Saint Margaret of Scotland, queen of Malcolm III, was a major reason the name was widely used there. From that Scottish setting came the affectionate short form Maisie, later spelled Maisy.
Maisie spread into general English use in the 1800s, and the -y spelling Maisy appears alongside it as an alternative. The name has also been used in fiction: Rudyard Kipling's novel The Light That Failed (1890) includes a character named Maisie, and the children's picture-book character Maisy Mouse, created by Lucy Cousins, first appeared in 1990. These are literary uses of the name, not the source of it.
How Popular is the Name Maisy?
Maisy recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #745 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #745 | 365 | 0.0227% |
| 2024 | #801 | 350 | 0.0217% |
| 2023 | #791 | 356 | 0.0222% |
| 2022 | #989 | 268 | 0.0164% |
| 2021 | #1,021 | 249 | 0.0152% |
| 2020 | #1,131 | 212 | 0.0131% |
| 2019 | #1,128 | 215 | 0.0128% |
| 2018 | #1,353 | 167 | 0.0098% |
| 2017 | #1,314 | 178 | 0.0103% |
| 2016 | #1,181 | 212 | 0.0120% |
| 2015 | #1,139 | 222 | 0.0124% |
| 2014 | #1,311 | 181 | 0.0101% |
| 2013 | #1,537 | 143 | 0.0082% |
| 2012 | #2,010 | 97 | 0.0055% |
| 2011 | #2,113 | 91 | 0.0052% |
| 2010 | #2,110 | 94 | 0.0053% |
| 2009 | #2,305 | 85 | 0.0046% |
| 2008 | #2,877 | 62 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #2,529 | 74 | 0.0038% |
| 2006 | #2,836 | 62 | 0.0033% |
| 2005 | #2,617 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2004 | #2,464 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2003 | #2,595 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2002 | #2,518 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #2,371 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2000 | #2,358 | 66 | 0.0036% |
| 1999 | #3,353 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #5,061 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #6,368 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #4,528 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #11,257 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,299 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #12,796 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #12,708 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #12,459 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Maisy Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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