Maysie
A diminutive form of the feminine name May, derived from the month name.
Name Census estimates that about 344 living Americans carry the first name Maysie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Maysie today is around 14 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Maysie births was 2008 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Maysie. 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 Maysie with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
344
~ 1 in 996,379 Americans
Peak year
2008
28 babies that year
Average age
14
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,372
Tracked since 1893
Census
Maysie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 293 people with the first name Maysie, which placed it at #29,959 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
#29,959
National first-name rank
People counted
293
293 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
77.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Maysie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maysie is White at 77.8%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (6.8%) and Hispanic (6.1%). 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 Maysie 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 Maysie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White77.8% · 228
- Two or more races6.8% · 20
- Hispanic or Latino6.1% · 18
- Black or African American5.5% · 16
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.1% · 9
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 2
Popularity
Maysie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Maysie from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 143 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Maysie remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Maysie 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 Maysie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Maysie
The given name Maysie is a feminine English name derived from the month of May. It is believed to have originated in the late 19th century as a diminutive form of the name Mary, which itself has Hebrew origins and means "bitter" or "beloved."
The name Maysie gained popularity in the early 20th century, particularly in English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom and the United States. It was often bestowed upon babies born in the month of May, as a nod to the seasonal connection.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Maysie can be found in the 1891 English census, where a baby girl named Maysie Elizabeth Jones was born to parents William and Sarah Jones in Liverpool. This suggests that the name was in use, albeit infrequently, in Victorian-era England.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Maysie. One such person was Maysie Greig (1904-1995), a British actress and singer who appeared in numerous films and stage productions in the early to mid-20th century. Another was Maysie Cartwright (1920-2005), an American character actress best known for her roles in television series such as "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D."
In the literary world, Maysie was the name of a character in the 1912 novel "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim. The book, which explores the transformative power of a holiday in Italy, features Maysie as one of the four main protagonists.
Other notable Maysies include Maysie Dickson (1885-1963), a Scottish suffragette and women's rights activist, and Maysie Greig (1882-1956), a Scottish golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1905.
While the name Maysie was most prevalent in the early to mid-20th century, it has since become less common, though it still retains a certain charm and nostalgic appeal for its seasonal associations and historical significance.
People
Maysie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Maysie 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
Maysie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maysie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 344 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Maysie 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 996,379 US residents.
Is Maysie a common name?
We classify Maysie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 80.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 418 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Maysie most popular?
The single biggest year for Maysie was 2008, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Maysie is about 14 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Maysie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 293 people with the name Maysie, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #29,959 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 Maysie 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 Maysie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Maysie appears almost entirely female. Of the 299 people counted with this name, 100.0% 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 Maysie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maysie is White at 77.8%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (6.8%) and Hispanic (6.1%). 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 Maysie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Maysie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 77.8% (228 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 Maysie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Maysie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Maysie 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 Maysie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Maysie 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 Maysie 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 people share the name Maysie?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.