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Maite

Girl

Meaning of Maite: Basque: 'beloved', often associated with the Virgin Mary

Maite is a girl's name most strongly associated with Basque naming. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1159th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 4192nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1159

193 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4192

5 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

4,466

First recorded 1968 · peak 2011

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 8 babies1982: 28 babies1983: 14 babies1984: 8 babies1985: 8 babies1986: 7 babies1987: 5 babies1988: 8 babies1989: 13 babies1990: 15 babies19901991: 26 babies1992: 24 babies1993: 20 babies1994: 17 babies1995: 13 babies1996: 18 babies1997: 73 babies1998: 57 babies1999: 77 babies2000: 61 babies20002001: 37 babies2002: 39 babies2003: 22 babies2004: 38 babies2005: 55 babies2006: 151 babies2007: 164 babies2008: 204 babies2009: 205 babies2010: 181 babies20102011: 244 babies2012: 186 babies2013: 224 babies2014: 181 babies2015: 180 babies2016: 167 babies2017: 154 babies2018: 141 babies2019: 153 babies2020: 152 babies20202021: 136 babies2022: 158 babies2023: 222 babies2024: 241 babies2025: 193 babies
US babies named Maite per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 244.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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