Maite

Meaning: Love, beloved
Origin: Basque — Also a short form of María Teresa

Girl's name · #1195 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Maite reached its best rank, #1024, in 2011 and ranked #1195 in 2025. Roughly 4,500 girls have been named Maite since 1968.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#4 in Brazil (2025, through 23 Dec 2025, girls and boys combined) · #208 in Ecuador (2025) · #214 in Mexico (2024) · #552 in Italy (2024) · #608 in Ireland (2025) · #1,148 in Belgium (2025) · #1,648 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,131 in Canada (2025) · #2,605 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,749 in France (2025) · #2,984 in Austria (2024) · #256 in Puerto Rico (2023) and 2 more.

Famous Maites

Maite Perroni — Mexican actress and singer (born 1983)
Maite Kelly — American singer (born 1979)
Maitê Proença — Brazilian actress and writer (born 1958)
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane — South African politician (born 1963)
Maite Alberdi — Chilean film director (born 1983)

In stories & tradition

Maite Figueroa — La que se avecina (TV series)

What Maites become

Among 244 notable people named Maite:

Entertainers appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maite Perroni, Mexican actress and singer (born 1983).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Mayte (#2713), Maite would rank around #983 with about 260 births last year — the newborns split about 75/25 between Maite and Mayte.

Similar names: Mayte · Analia · Maylee · Elliette · Montserrat · Mayah

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