Fun Facts About the Name Maizie
- More than 3 thousand babies named Maizie: U.S. records list 3,049 babies given the name Maizie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maizie Mean?
Maizie is a spelling variant of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Margaret. Its established meaning is "pearl," inherited from Margaret's source words. Margaret comes from Latin Margarita, which in turn comes from Greek margaritēs (μαργαρίτης), the ordinary Greek word for a pearl. The Greek term is widely thought to be a borrowing from an Iranian language, such as Persian murwārid, although the exact transmission is not settled. The literal sense is the gemstone itself; later religious writing sometimes treats the "pearl" as a symbol of something precious, but that is a customary reading layered on top of the plain meaning, not a separate etymology.
Maizie Name History & Origins
Maisie arose in Scotland as a familiar form of Margaret, shortened and given the affectionate -ie ending. Margaret was a common name in medieval Britain, helped by devotion to Saint Margaret of Antioch and, later, by Margaret, queen of Scotland in the eleventh century. Over time Maisie came to be used as a name in its own right rather than only as a nickname.
Maizie is a later respelling that replaces the s with z. This spelling grew alongside the older Maisie form and is used chiefly in English-speaking countries. The name appears in literature, notably as the child at the center of Henry James's 1897 novel What Maisie Knew; that is a literary use of a name already in circulation, not the name's origin.
How Popular is the Name Maizie?
Maizie recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #901 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 | #901 | 295 | 0.0184% |
| 2024 | #1,038 | 241 | 0.0149% |
| 2023 | #1,025 | 247 | 0.0154% |
| 2022 | #1,310 | 180 | 0.0110% |
| 2021 | #1,388 | 158 | 0.0096% |
| 2020 | #1,491 | 144 | 0.0089% |
| 2019 | #1,399 | 161 | 0.0096% |
| 2018 | #1,991 | 99 | 0.0058% |
| 2017 | #2,138 | 90 | 0.0052% |
| 2016 | #2,064 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 2015 | #2,395 | 77 | 0.0043% |
| 2014 | #2,087 | 93 | 0.0052% |
| 2013 | #2,587 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2012 | #3,154 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2011 | #3,767 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2010 | #4,002 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #3,656 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2008 | #3,565 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #5,182 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,906 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #4,327 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2004 | #4,778 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #3,998 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #4,240 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #3,995 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #3,632 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1999 | #4,968 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #4,740 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #6,369 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #5,951 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #11,258 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,300 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #11,290 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #14,604 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #12,460 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #12,299 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #5,292 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #5,026 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,816 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #3,308 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #3,094 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #3,668 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1936 | #3,976 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #2,855 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #2,380 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1933 | #2,350 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1932 | #3,462 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,715 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #2,503 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1929 | #1,683 | 23 | 0.0021% |
| 1928 | #2,713 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #1,989 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1926 | #2,422 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1925 | #1,921 | 21 | 0.0017% |
| 1924 | #1,964 | 21 | 0.0017% |
| 1923 | #2,001 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1922 | #1,759 | 24 | 0.0020% |
| 1921 | #1,752 | 25 | 0.0020% |
| 1920 | #1,685 | 25 | 0.0021% |
| 1919 | #1,786 | 22 | 0.0019% |
| 1918 | #1,400 | 31 | 0.0027% |
| 1917 | #2,158 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1916 | #2,325 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #1,432 | 26 | 0.0026% |
| 1914 | #2,081 | 12 | 0.0016% |
| 1913 | #2,704 | 7 | 0.0011% |
| 1912 | #1,585 | 13 | 0.0023% |
| 1911 | #2,710 | 5 | 0.0012% |
| 1910 | #1,872 | 8 | 0.0020% |
| 1909 | #2,132 | 6 | 0.0017% |
| 1907 | #1,257 | 11 | 0.0035% |
| 1903 | #1,962 | 5 | 0.0019% |
| 1897 | #1,340 | 7 | 0.0030% |
| 1896 | #1,738 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| 1891 | #1,451 | 5 | 0.0027% |
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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