# Maia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmeɪ.ə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maya |
| US babies named this | 18,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 18,200 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,451, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 413 | 680 |
| 2012 | 386 | 720 |
| 2013 | 440 | 642 |
| 2014 | 456 | 628 |
| 2015 | 562 | 553 |
| 2016 | 545 | 570 |
| 2017 | 639 | 489 |
| 2018 | 620 | 502 |
| 2019 | 587 | 525 |
| 2020 | 616 | 498 |
| 2021 | 724 | 435 |
| 2022 | 752 | 420 |
| 2023 | 672 | 459 |
| 2024 | 682 | 460 |
| 2025 | 715 | 433 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 228 | 218 |
| 2012 | 232 | 215 |
| 2013 | 207 | 240 |
| 2014 | 207 | 238 |
| 2015 | 237 | 220 |
| 2016 | 219 | 236 |
| 2017 | 226 | 224 |
| 2018 | 309 | 176 |
| 2019 | 225 | 218 |
| 2020 | 257 | 193 |
| 2021 | 243 | 210 |
| 2022 | 280 | 184 |
| 2023 | 253 | 196 |
| 2024 | 254 | 190 |
| 2025 | 255 | 197 |

## People named Maia

- Maia Chiburdanidze, Georgian chess grandmaster
- Maia Mitchell, Australian actress (born 1993)
- Maia Reficco, American actress
- Maia Panjikidze, Georgian diplomat
- Maia Shibutani, American ice dancer
- Maia Weintraub, American fencer (born 2002)
- Maia Campbell, American film, television actress and model
- Maia Lumsden, British tennis player
- Maia Weinstock, American science writer and Lego enthusiast
- Maia Lomineishvili, Georgian chess player
- Maia Kobabe, American cartoonist
- Maia Brewton, American actress and lawyer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.