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Maithili

#11,535 in 2025Girls' name

From Maithili मैथिली; literal meaning unconfirmed

Maithili has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #11,535 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Maithili, 2025

1 in 414,000

Maithili over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maithili: meaning, origin, and history

From Maithili मैथिली; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sanskrit

What Maithili means

Maithili is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Maithili is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Maithili comes through Maithili मैथिली.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Maithili is pronounced /ˈmaɪtɪli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 36 girls were recorded with the name Maithili between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2025; its best national rank was #11,535 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 Maithili?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#11,535
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maithili 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maithili. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maithilis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maithili was born before 2011 — so the typical Maithili is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
36
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2000s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Maithili 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (8)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#11,535
2025

Maithili around the world

Where Maithili 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
    2007–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Maithili by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,535
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#11,535
2025
Peak year
2025
8 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
36
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Maithili

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

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Sibling names for Maithili

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

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