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Maiya

Feminine

1974high 2000
#2387 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare75 girls in 2025

Maiya respells Maya, and the name has genuine sources in Sanskrit, Greek, Hebrew and Japanese — four unrelated languages.

How old is the name Maiya?

Maiya first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Maiya alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 4,300 people named Maiya are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Maiya most popular?

Maiya peaked in 2000, reaching #994 nationally. Today it ranks #2387, 1,393 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Maiya

Maya in Vedanta names the illusion that the world of appearances is ultimate — one of the central terms of Hindu philosophy. Greek Maia was a Pleiad and the month of May may be named for her. Hebrew and Japanese have their own. All these reach American records, where Maiya is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

Several genuine routes. The Sanskrit maya, 'illusion', a central Hindu concept. The Greek Maia, a Pleiad and mother of Hermes. The Hebrew mayim, 'water'. And a Japanese Maya. None is dominant, and the Maiya spelling is a modern American variant.

How the name formed

  1. Maya
  2. Maiya

Related forms: Maya · माया · Μαῖα

Pronouncing Maiya

MY-ah

Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Maiya

Moderate

MaiThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in Japanese and Vietnamese
YaThe back sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1974–202521310702137519742025

US babies named Maiya per year from 1974 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#9941970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1974
Most girls named
2000213 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#994reached in 2000
Change vs 2024
−7.4%75 in 2025, from 81
Maiya sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2000, with 213 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Maiya in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Maya in English — spelling variant
  • माया in Sanskrit — related form
  • Μαῖα in Greek — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Maiyas among us

4,300

people named Maiya are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 21,430 born in 2025 was named Maiya

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Maiya

#2387
Maiya on the 2025 chart
#53
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maiya went to 75 girls in 2025, but Maya, Maia and Mayah 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 — 2,334 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 21,430 for Maiya 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

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Is it right for you

The Ellyn test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maiya's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ellyn climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ellyn's path sketches the road Maiya is walking now.

40%chance Maiya will feel dated by 2040
Maiya, aligned on its peakEllyn· peak 1952not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsEllyn · #10629Maiya today
Maiya today is about where Ellyn stood in 1977 — 25 years past a #994-sized peak. By 1992, Ellyn had settled around #2790.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Maiya 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 Maiya is headed

19742030

US babies named Maiya per year, 1974 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Maiya should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-3% by 2030projected around #2,542 in 2030

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.

Maiya beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Maiya in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Maiyathis name75#2387Mariyah75#2387Yana75#2387Eviana75#2387Dora75#2387

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That maya is a central term of Hindu philosophy is a first-rate depth.
  • Mai is available as a short form that is a real name elsewhere.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Maya is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • The four candidate origins are entirely unrelated.
  • It will be respelled by other people constantly.

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Frequently asked

How many Maiyas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,300 people named Maiya are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Maiya?
Maiya is one of 5 recorded spellings. Maya is the more common one — 3,712 births in 2025 against 75 for Maiya.
How popular is the name Maiya in 2025?
Maiya ranks #2387 among US girl names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Maiya?
About 1 in every 21,430 US girls born in 2025 was named Maiya — 75 in all.
Will my child share the name Maiya with classmates?
Maiya will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Maiya

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