Maizie
A feminine form of the English surname derived from the month of May.
Name Census estimates that about 2,252 living Americans carry the first name Maizie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Maizie today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Maizie births was 2023 (247 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Maizie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Maizie with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Maizie is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 11 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
2.3K
~ 1 in 152,200 Americans
Peak year
2023
247 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,038
Tracked since 1891
Census
Maizie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,357 people with the first name Maizie, which placed it at #9,989 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#9,989
National first-name rank
People counted
1.4K
1,357 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
78.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Maizie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maizie is White at 78.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (6.2%) and Two or More Races (5.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Maizie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Maizie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White78.2% · 1,061
- Hispanic or Latino6.2% · 84
- Two or more races5.5% · 74
- Black or African American5.4% · 73
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.6% · 49
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.2% · 16
Popularity
Maizie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Maizie from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 970 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Maizie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Maizie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Maizies live
The SSA's state-level files cover 33 states and territories. California, Ohio, Texas recorded the most babies named Maizie, while South Carolina, Oregon, Nevada recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 32 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Maizie
The name Maizie is derived from the Scottish name Maisie, which is a diminutive form of the name Mary. The name Mary itself is derived from the Hebrew name Miryam, which is believed to have originated from the ancient Egyptian word "mer," meaning "beloved."
The earliest recorded use of the name Maisie dates back to the 16th century in Scotland. It gained popularity in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a Scottish and English name. The variation Maizie likely emerged as a creative spelling of Maisie during the same time period.
One of the earliest notable figures with the name Maizie was Maizie Greig, a Scottish actress born in 1904. She appeared in several films in the 1930s and 1940s, including "The Beachcomber" and "The Thief of Bagdad."
In literature, the name Maizie appeared in the 1927 novel "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis, where it was the name of one of the characters. This exposure may have contributed to the name's popularity in the early 20th century.
Another well-known figure with the name was Maizie Taylor, an American jazz singer and actress born in 1917. She was known for her performances in musicals and films during the 1940s and 1950s.
In the world of sports, Maizie Bradshaw was a Canadian basketball player born in 1933. She represented Canada in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games and was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Maizie Albright, born in 1940, was an American actress and model who appeared in several television shows and films in the 1960s and 1970s, including "The Patty Duke Show" and "The Green Slime."
These examples illustrate the historical use of the name Maizie across various fields, including entertainment, literature, and sports, primarily in the 20th century.
People
Maizie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Maizie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Maizie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maizie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,252 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Maizie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 152,200 US residents.
Is Maizie a common name?
We classify Maizie as "Rare". It ranks above 94.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,754 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Maizie most popular?
The single biggest year for Maizie was 2023, when 247 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Maizie is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Maizie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,357 people with the name Maizie, or 0.45 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #9,989 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Maizie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Maizie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Maizie appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,358 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Maizie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maizie is White at 78.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (6.2%) and Two or More Races (5.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Maizie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Maizie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 78.2% (1,061 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Maizie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Maizie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Maizie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Maizie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Maizie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Maizie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Maizie?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many Americans are named Maizie at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.