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Maysa

Girl

Meaning of Maysa: Arabic: 'graceful gait'

Maysa is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 4311th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 902nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#4311

31 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#902

40 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

959

First recorded 1979 · peak 2011

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 9 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 6 babies1987: 8 babies1988: 5 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 5 babies19901991: 7 babies1992: 11 babies1993: 13 babies1994: 8 babies1995: 10 babies1996: 7 babies1997: 15 babies1998: 22 babies1999: 12 babies2000: 17 babies20002001: 16 babies2002: 37 babies2003: 39 babies2004: 28 babies2005: 31 babies2006: 36 babies2007: 19 babies2008: 32 babies2009: 29 babies2010: 41 babies20102011: 43 babies2012: 31 babies2013: 32 babies2014: 39 babies2015: 31 babies2016: 42 babies2017: 33 babies2018: 39 babies2019: 26 babies2020: 20 babies20202021: 27 babies2022: 35 babies2023: 28 babies2024: 34 babies2025: 31 babies
US babies named Maysa per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 43.

Gender split

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

Origins & cultures

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