Maisy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maisy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maisy: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #100 in 2010, and it stood at #381 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#562
1997	#551
1998	#542
1999	#290
2000	#231
2001	#232
2002	#173
2003	#175
2004	#162
2005	#157
2006	#182
2007	#164
2008	#172
2009	#141
2010	#100
2011	#102
2012	#111
2013	#186
2014	#214
2015	#273
2016	#301
2017	#367
2018	#377
2019	#453
2020	#372
2021	#416
2022	#405
2023	#412
2024	#488

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, #384 among girls in Scotland, #412 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #488 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #562 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #100 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maisy appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 6,515 births with the name.

Maisy across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maisy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#562 (1996)	#100 (2010)	#488 (2024)	29 of 29	6,515 (1996–2024)	584 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#318 (2005)	#150 (2013)	#288 (2024)	18 of 20	132 (2005–2024)	13 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#264 (2012)	#381 (2025)	19 of 20	205 (2006–2025)	19 (2012)

Maisy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maisy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	263	4 of 10	66
2000s	2,861	10 of 10	286
2010sbusiest	2,880	10 of 10	288
2020s	511	5 of 10	102

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 288 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 229, from 511 to 282.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maisy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in England and Wales in 2010.

Maisy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#488	82	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#412	100	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#405	104	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#416	107	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#372	118	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#453	93	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#377	121	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#367	127	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#301	165	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#273	178	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#214	245	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#186	282	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#111	511	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#102	574	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#100	584	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#141	393	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#172	309	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#164	333	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#182	291	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#157	329	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#162	329	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#175	280	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#173	250	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#232	170	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#231	177	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#290	122	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#542	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#551	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#562	44	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#190	11	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#188	11	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#156	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#160	13	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#258	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	18	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	15	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 2010.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 584 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Maison · #273, 29y
Maitiu · #305, 14y
Maiya · #444, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Indi · #100, 28y
Zak · #100, 32y
Kaiden · #99, 29y
Esmae · #102, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Indi · #100, 28y
Zak · #100, 32y
Kaiden · #99, 29y
Eirinn · #102, 26y

Maisy was ranked #100 in England and Wales · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maisy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maisy without appearing here.

Maisy moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #764 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #264 and #907.
Wendy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #842 and #705 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #264 and #907.
Luca Compare
In 2010 they stood at #764 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #325 and #937.
Mona Compare
In 2013 they stood at #764 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #291 and #876.

Moved ahead of Maisy

Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #377 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #453 and #218.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #319 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #347 and #180.
Ada Compare
In 2014 they stood at #214 and #233 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #273 and #187.
Audrey Compare
In 2016 they stood at #301 and #315 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #367 and #298.

Moved the opposite way to Maisy

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisy went from #290 to #488 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisy went from #290 to #488 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisy went from #232 to #488 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisy went from #162 to #488 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Maisy

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisy went from #231 to #488 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisy went from #173 to #488 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maisy went from #764 to #381 and Ada from #550 to #45.
Alice Compare
Between 2006 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maisy went from #764 to #381 and Alice from #80 to #41.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maisy

Maisy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maisy across 3 official records

Maisy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maisy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Maisy and the names beside it

Maisy moved ahead of

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Maisy at a glance

Maisy across 3 official records

Maisy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maisy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Maisy

Maisy and the names beside it

Maisy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maisy

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