Maize**
#14,703 most common girls' name of all time · #24,268 across all names · 35% male / 65% female · used 2002–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#14,703
Rank overall
#24,268 of 105,966
First appeared
2002
Years on the list
16 of 146
All-time
301
Since 2016
263
Peak year
2022 #5,141
Best rank
#5,141 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 36/yr
Maize first appears in 2002. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 15 | 32 | #6,746 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 36 | #6,575 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #10,065 |
| 2022 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #5,141 |
| 2021 | 23 | 10 | 33 | #5,529 |
| 2020 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #6,265 |
| 2019 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #6,633 |
| 2018 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #6,733 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #12,290 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #15,432 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,506 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,705 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #19,432 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #16,586 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,538 |