# Maja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maja/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,049 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,049 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,460, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 81 | 2,315 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,995 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,247 |
| 2014 | 43 | 3,634 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,874 |
| 2016 | 55 | 3,045 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,283 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,189 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3,072 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,886 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,055 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3,147 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,945 |
| 2024 | 37 | 4,013 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3,747 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 449 | 128 |
| 2012 | 434 | 129 |
| 2013 | 396 | 134 |
| 2014 | 326 | 168 |
| 2015 | 315 | 173 |
| 2016 | 296 | 183 |
| 2017 | 316 | 173 |
| 2018 | 277 | 192 |
| 2019 | 248 | 197 |
| 2020 | 226 | 215 |
| 2021 | 149 | 314 |
| 2022 | 148 | 302 |
| 2023 | 116 | 362 |
| 2024 | 101 | 425 |
| 2025 | 85 | 468 |

## People named Maja

- Maja Haderlap, Austrian writer
- Maja Bošković-Stulli, Croatian historian (1922–2012)
- Maja Blagdan, Croatian pop singer
- Maja Salvador, Filipino actress (born 1988)
- Maja Jager, Danish archer
- Maja Zebić, Croatian handball player
- Maja Alm, Danish orienteer
- Maja Kildemoes, association football player
- Maja Grønbæk, Danish handball player
- Maja Poljak, Female volleyball player from Croatia
- Maja Schöne, German actress
- Maja Maranow, German actress (1961-2016)

## 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.