Maisa

#7,016 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Maisa has been given to 263 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #7,016 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Maisa, 2025

1 in 207,000

Maisa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maisa: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maisa means

Maisa is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Maisa is used in Finnish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Maisa is pronounced /ˈmɑi̯sɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 263 girls were recorded with the name Maisa between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,016 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,464 in 2020 to #7,016 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,122 in 2015 to #7,016 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Maisa?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 207,000; 16 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 100,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,016; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 143,620 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maisa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maisa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maisas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maisa was born before 2009 — so the typical Maisa is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 82.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 263; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Maisa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,732; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +7,448; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +11,106; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 3.20×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (16)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,016; 2025

Spellings of Maisa

Maisa is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 28.3% against Maisa's <0.01%.

Lisa28.3%967,229
Maria16.6%566,111
Mia9.1%310,219
Daisy4.7%158,723
Maya3.6%123,587
Marissa3.5%120,842
Marsha3.1%104,191
Mila2.5%84,489

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Maisa around the world

Where Maisa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2001–2025
#2,138
in 2025
France
1993–2025
#6,810
in 2025
Canada
2018–2018
#3,384
in 2018
South Australia
1997–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Maisa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,016
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 7,448
Best rank ever: #7,016; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 16 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 263
Count in 2025: 16

Names similar to Maisa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mairi Maize Maili Maiza Maika Maily Maive Maila Maizee Maiana Maiah Mailey Maiyah Maija Irisa Maidah Maitri Mailynn Mailee Maimuna Mailen Maizey Maiara Mairin

Sibling names for Maisa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Leonor Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Evans Kale Aaden Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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