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Maite

girl name
Origin
Spanish
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

“Basque for 'beloved', or a Spanish contraction of Maria and Teresa”

Also written Maitê.

The story

Maite is a short name with two full histories, and Behind the Name keeps separate entries for them. One is Spanish: a contraction of Maria and Teresa, two classics folded into five letters. The other is Basque: maite is the Basque word for beloved, still an everyday word, whose deeper origin Wiktionary hedges as probably a Celtic loan. No record decides which door a given Maite came through; the name simply holds both. The American paper trail starts in the 1960s and grew in every completed decade from the 1980s through the 2010s, reaching 1,811 girls in that last full decade, with 1,102 already in the 2020s, more than half that total with years to run. In Brazil the written form is Maitê, which this site's Portuguese pages headline, and the census counts 59,696 bearers across the name's spellings, with a median age of 2. Chile ranked the name 14th in 2021, Uruguay 18th in 2022.

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How popular is Maite around the world?

In the United States, 1,102 babies were named Maite between 2020 and 2025. In Chile, 1,158 girls were registered as Maite in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

Maite is on the official records of the United States, Chile, Montevideo, Argentina, Mexico City, Brazil, Spain, Ireland, England and Wales and France.

United States

1 in 20,000

In the United States, 1,102 babies were named Maite between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maite peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Chile

1 in 150

In Chile, 1,158 girls were registered as Maite in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1940peak 2015

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Montevideo City

1 in 300 · 2011

In Montevideo, 81 girls named Maite were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 2009

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Argentina

1 in 460

In Argentina, 1,439 newborns were given the name Maite in 2024.

2012peak 20192024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Mexico City City

1 in 2,400

In Mexico City, there were 48 registrations of Maite in 2022.

2000peak 20112022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Brazil

1 in 3,400

At the 2022 census, 59,696 people in Brazil were named Maite, the 506th most common name, with a median age of 2.
Among people named Maite living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1950speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 39,533 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 3,600

In Spain, 12,296 residents are named Maite, the 253rd most common name among women, with a mean age of 42 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Ireland

1 in 11,000

In Ireland, 5 girls named Maite were born in 2025, the 608th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 59,000

In England and Wales, 10 girls named Maite were born in 2025, ranked 2,605th among girls that year.

1996peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 girls named Maite were born in 2025, ranked 4,439th among girls that year.

1930peak 19922025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Maite, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

last on record 2024

Maite is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Canada

last on record 2023

Maite is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

1991peak 20022024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2023

Maite is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 15 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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South Australia

last on record 1967

Maite is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Maite

Most people given the name Maite in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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