Maisie is a popular choice in the UK, ranked #43 in 2025. There's a good chance they'll share their name with at least one classmate throughout school.
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UK Rank 2025
#43
US Rank #233
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About the Name Maisie
Maisie ranked #43 in 2025, down from its peak of #14 in 2010 โ still a familiar name, but past its high point. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has spent 28 of the last 30 years inside the UK top 100 โ a mark of enduring mainstream appeal.
Maisie is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Maisie on the register.
In the US it sits at #255 โ notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
โญ Famous People Named Maisie
Maisie Nankivell โ Maisie Nankivell is a dual sport athlete, who plays netball for the Melbourne Mavericks in the Suncorp Super Netball and plays Australian rules football for Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Maisie Maxwell โ Maisie Maxwell was an Australian stage actress and journalist born in Bendigo (then known as Sandhurst), Victoria.
Maisie Ward โ Mary Josephine "Maisie" Ward Sheed was a British writer, speaker, and publisher, well known for her biography of G.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Maisie
Unlikely. With around 966 UK babies named Maisie per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Maisie in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Maisie has been fairly steady, ranked #43 in 2025 against #41 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #14 in 2010.
Maisie is more popular in the UK (#44) than in the US (#255). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Maisie include: Maisie Nankivell and Maisie Richardson-Sellers. Short summaries for each appear below.
Maisie appears in the US top 500 at #255 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
966
UK babies named Maisie (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.5
In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Maisie
Almost certainly the only Maisie in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Maisie
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Maisie Nankivell is a dual sport athlete, who plays netball for the Melbourne Mavericks in the Suncorp Super Netball and plays Australian rules football for Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Maisie Carr was an Australian ecologist and botanist who contributed much to the understanding of the uniqueness of Australian plants and their environmental systems.