Maida
Maida is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. Its best rank was 735th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 191857 births
- Best rank
- #735in 1883
- Since 1883
- 2,960people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,960 girls have been named Maida in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 57 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Maida | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | |
| 1890s | 101 | |
| 1900s | 119 | |
| 1910s | 330 | |
| 1920s | 380 | |
| 1930s | 215 | |
| 1940s | 293 | |
| 1950s | 211 | |
| 1960s | 133 | |
| 1970s | 159 | |
| 1980s | 140 | |
| 1990s | 84 | |
| 2000s | 165 | |
| 2010s | 347 | |
| 2020s | 239 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Maida was the 956th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Maida
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nolapeak 2020
- Tulapeak 2019
- Deltapeak 2019
- Ceceliapeak 1918
- Vadapeak 2020
- Magdalenepeak 1923
- Adelepeak 1918
- Vidapeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.