Maida comes from the English tradition, meaning Maiden.
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How popular is Maida?
1918peak year
Today, Maida is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3427), with only about 46 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1918, 57 babies were given the name (ranked #956 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Maida's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 2,960 babies have been registered as Maida since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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