Maida Girl
How popular is Maida?
#3,516 girl name in 2025
43 baby girls were named Maida in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
Maida popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,516 for girls (▼ 397 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #3,399 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (57 girls) |
| Highest rank | #692 in 1883 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maida counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maida family of names ranked #2,317 for girls in 2025 (#1,970 the year before), with 52 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maida | 43 | 83% |
| Maidah | 9 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maida is most popular
Babies named Maida per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 1.2 per 1,000 (132 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Maida by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #692 |
| 1890s | 101 | #821 |
| 1900s | 119 | #898 |
| 1910s | 330 | #904 |
| 1920s | 380 | #1,022 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,163 |
| 1940s | 293 | #1,203 |
| 1950s | 211 | #1,870 |
| 1960s | 133 | #2,572 |
| 1970s | 159 | #3,155 |
| 1980s | 140 | #3,718 |
| 1990s | 84 | #6,478 |
| 2000s | 165 | #5,889 |
| 2010s | 347 | #3,171 |
| 2020s | 282 | #3,033 |
Girl names about as popular as Maida
Questions
- Is Maida a boy or girl name?
- Maida is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maida were girls.
- How popular is the name Maida?
- 43 baby girls were named Maida in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
- When was Maida most popular?
- Maida peaked in 1918, when 57 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #692 in 1883.
- How many people are named Maida?
- 3,003 babies have been named Maida in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,695 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Maida most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maida was most common in Minnesota, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.