Maiah
Feminine · “the greater one”
Maiah stands near Maia, the Roman goddess the month of May is named for — a deity of growth whose festival opened the season.
How old is the name Maiah?
Maiah first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Maiah alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,100 people named Maiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maiah most popular?
Maiah peaked in 1998, reaching #2244 nationally. Today it ranks #4265, 2,021 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Maiah
Ours, offered as ours. Three Maias sit behind this sound and none is connected to the others. The Roman one is a goddess of growth whose name gave the month of May and whose festival opened the growing season. The Greek one is a nymph, mother of Hermes, and her name also means a nurse or midwife. The Sanskrit maya is illusion — the appearance the world presents. Three languages, one syllable, and three entirely different ideas.
Meaningscholars disagree
the greater one; growth
Roman Maia is connected to a root meaning to grow or increase, and May is named for her. Greek Maia is separately the mother of Hermes and a word for a midwife or nurse. Sanskrit maya means illusion. All three are documented and unrelated.
Pronouncing Maiah
MY-ah
Two syllables, first stressed. Maiah and Maya are said identically.
Nicknames for Maiah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1992
- Most girls named
- 199863 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2244reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- +32.0%33 in 2025, from 25
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maiah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maia in Latin — related form
- Maya in English — spelling variant
- Maia in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.
Maiahs among us
people named Maiah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 48,705 born in 2025 was named Maiah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maiah
- #4265
- Maiah on the 2025 chart
- #53
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maiah went to 33 girls in 2025, but Maya, Maia and Maiya and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 7 spellings went to 4,611, which makes it the 53rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,212 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 349 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,705 for Maiah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Danne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maiah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Danne climbed just as high around 1951, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Danne's path sketches the road Maiah is walking now.
Maiah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maiah is headed
Maiah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maiah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maiah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Three real traditions produce the sound, each with a substantial idea.
- May and Mai are both complete names in their own right.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Maya and Maia are both far more common and will be written for her.
- The three possible sources mean entirely different things.
- The sound is very widely used, so a classroom may hold more than one.
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Feminine · #4265 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Maiahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Maiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maiah?
- Maiah is one of 5 recorded spellings. Maya is the more common one — 3,712 births in 2025 against 33 for Maiah.
- How popular is the name Maiah in 2025?
- Maiah ranks #4265 among US girl names in 2025, with 33 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maiah?
- About 1 in every 48,705 US girls born in 2025 was named Maiah — 33 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maiah with classmates?
- Maiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Maiah
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