boy's name

Maitiu

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 97

Northern Ireland

#428

2022 births

Maitiu is a boy's name. In 2017 it was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #621. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2011, when 6 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 2004.

Maitiu over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Maitiu by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
2000s 25
2010s (to 2017) 39
2020s (to 2017) 24

How popular is Maitiu?

In 2017, Maitiu was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #621 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Maitiu is used

Northern Ireland #428 3 in 2022
Ireland as Maitiú #513 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.

How Maitiu is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Maitiú Maitiú is a rare spelling of Maitiu, written with a fada and recorded 33 times, mostly in Ireland. 33

Names that peaked alongside Maitiu

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Maitiu also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maitiu over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Maitiu in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Maitiú

Sibling names for Maitiu

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maitiu — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Maitiu

How popular is the name Maitiu?

In 2017, Maitiu was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #621 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Maitiu a girl's or a boy's name?

Maitiu is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Maitiu most popular?

Maitiu peaked in 2011, when 6 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Maitiu a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maitiu currently ranks #513 in Ireland. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.