# Maya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maya/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /maɪ.ə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maia, Maiya |
| US babies named this | 123,750 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 163 / 123,587 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27,704, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, * From Maia, from Latin, 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 | 4,024 | 64 |
| 2012 | 3,981 | 63 |
| 2013 | 3,826 | 72 |
| 2014 | 3,957 | 74 |
| 2015 | 4,133 | 68 |
| 2016 | 4,090 | 64 |
| 2017 | 4,046 | 60 |
| 2018 | 3,918 | 62 |
| 2019 | 3,823 | 64 |
| 2020 | 3,746 | 61 |
| 2021 | 4,082 | 55 |
| 2022 | 4,247 | 51 |
| 2023 | 4,092 | 49 |
| 2024 | 4,230 | 51 |
| 2025 | 3,712 | 62 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 11,710 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,846 |
| 2003 | 13 | 5,774 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,566 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8,079 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,572 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,706 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,770 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7,095 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,563 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,326 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,413 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,353 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,520 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,511 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,072 | 58 |
| 2012 | 1,072 | 53 |
| 2013 | 1,120 | 51 |
| 2014 | 1,200 | 45 |
| 2015 | 1,354 | 37 |
| 2016 | 1,374 | 39 |
| 2017 | 1,257 | 40 |
| 2018 | 1,260 | 37 |
| 2019 | 1,375 | 34 |
| 2020 | 1,331 | 32 |
| 2021 | 1,433 | 29 |
| 2022 | 1,406 | 28 |
| 2023 | 1,255 | 29 |
| 2024 | 1,592 | 15 |
| 2025 | 1,259 | 28 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَايَا
- Finnish: Maija
- Hebrew: מַאיָה
- Hindi: माया
- Hungarian: Maja
- Polish: Maja
- Russian: Ма́йя
- Ukrainian: Майя

## People named Maya

- Maya Angelou, American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
- Maya Hawke, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1998)
- Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
- Maya Lin, American sculptor and architect (born 1959)
- Maya Moore, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Maya Sar, Bosnian singer
- Maya Harris, American attorney and advocate (born 1967)
- Maya DiRado, American swimmer
- Maya Erskine, American actress
- Maya Joint, Australian tennis player
- Maya Kazan, American actress
- Maya Le Tissier, English footballer

## 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.