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Maisie

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.

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

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)
~0.0
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.5
In a school of 600
→ Stable
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

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About the Name Maisie

Meaning
Latin (Margarita) from Ancient Greek: ฮผฮฑฯฮณฮฑฯฮฏฯ„ฮทฯ‚ (margarรญtฤ“s) meaning "pearl".

Famous People Named Maisie

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Maisie Nankivellb. 1999
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 Maxwellb. 1969
Maisie Maxwell was an Australian stage actress and journalist born in Bendigo (then known as Sandhurst), Victoria.
Maisie Ward
Mary Josephine "Maisie" Ward Sheed was a British writer, speaker, and publisher, well known for her biography of G.
Maisie McDaniel
Maisie McDaniel was an Irish country and showband singer and the mother of Lisa Stanley.
Maisie Carr
Maisie Carr was an Australian ecologist and botanist who contributed much to the understanding of the uniqueness of Australian plants and their environmental systems.
Maisie Richardson-Sellers
Maisie Richardson-Sellers is a British actress and director.

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