Maida
Feminine
Maida was a real American name of the nineteenth century, and its most likely source is a battle: a small town in Calabria where a British force won an engagement in 1806.
How old is the name Maida?
Maida first appears in US birth records in 1883 — 142 years ago. The typical Maida alive today was born around 1950, making them about 75 years old. About 1,700 people named Maida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maida most popular?
Maida peaked in 1883, reaching #692 nationally. Today it ranks #3517, 2,825 places below that high. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Maida
Ours, offered as ours. Naming children for battles was a real nineteenth-century habit — Alma, Inkerman and Trafalgar all appear in the English records after their engagements. Maida belongs to that pattern: a small Calabrian town, a British victory in 1806, a London district named for it, and then a scattering of girls. Whether every American Maida came that way is unknowable, but the timing fits and the practice was common enough that it needs no other explanation.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for the given name. The Calabrian town of Maida gave its name to a British victory of 1806, after which London's Maida Vale was named, and the name appears in English-speaking records shortly afterwards. A separate Arabic maida, a table, is unconnected.
Pronouncing Maida
MAY-dah
Two syllables, first stressed. Italian gives MY-dah.
Nicknames for Maida
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1883
- Most girls named
- 191656 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #692reached in 1883
- Change vs 2022
- −20.4%43 in 2025, from 54
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maida in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maida in Italian — related form
- Maida in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, Ohio, Colorado.
Maidas among us
people named Maida are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 37,378 born in 2025 was named Maida
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maida
- #3517
- Maida on the 2025 chart
- #908
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maida went to 43 girls in 2025, but Maidah is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 52, which makes it the 908th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,609 places above the chart.
- Maida43
- Maidah9
About 1 girl in 30,909 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 37,378 for Maida itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Maida sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maida is headed
Maida should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maida beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maida in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Genuine nineteenth-century American history under its own name.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- It sounds like the English word maid, which will be noticed.
- The battle behind it is obscure enough that the origin needs explaining.
- Maida, Mayda and Maidie are all in use and none is dominant.
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Feminine · #3517 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Maidas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Maida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maida?
- Maida is the most-used spelling in US records — 43 of the 52 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Maidah.
- How popular is the name Maida in 2025?
- Maida ranks #3517 among US girl names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maida?
- About 1 in every 37,378 US girls born in 2025 was named Maida — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maida with classmates?
- Maida will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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