Maia

#433 for girls in 2025, 715 births

Peak · girls
2022 · 752 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,200
since 1950

Maia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maia has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#433715
2024#460682
2023#459672
2022#420752
2021#435724
2020#497616
2019#525587
2018#502620
2017#488639
2016#570545
2015#552562
2014#627456
2013#640440
2012#719386
2011#680413
2010#620475
2009#588512
2008#634487
2007#611492
2006#508598
2005#523558
2004#558512
2003#562494
2002#535512
2001#602417
2000#549475
1999#587420
1998#537466
1997#667327
1996#823245
1995#1,023178
1994#1,269134
1993#1,308129
1992#1,402117
1991#1,59995
1990#1,84777
1989#1,65183
1988#1,68676
1987#1,63075
1986#1,66970
1985#1,47384
1984#1,99151
1983#1,92753
1982#1,78661
1981#1,84859
1980#1,161116
1979#1,193110
1978#1,48776
1977#1,34584
1976#1,79452
1975#1,43073
1974#1,68854
1973#1,45865
1972#1,78648
1971#1,68654
1970#1,73652
1969#2,20833
1968#2,70822
1967#2,78120
1966#2,02233
1965#2,93818
1964#3,24416
1963#2,61922
1962#2,21029
1961#3,79312
1960#3,68812
1959#3,10415
1958#4,1939
1957#6,0865
1956#4,8377
1955#5,8285
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1953#5,6735
1952#4,9086
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First appearance
1950

The first year at least five girls were named Maia! It came in at #4,738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Maia is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #204 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 711 girlsNHWashington: #338 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #441 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,146 girlsMNIllinois: #533 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,759 girlsILWisconsin: #505 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,505 girlsWIMichigan: #415 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsMINew York: #425 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 2,123 girlsNYMassachusetts: #207 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 939 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedRIOregon: #489 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,074 girlsORNevada: #572 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedSDIowa: #571 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,706 girlsIAIndiana: #578 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,955 girlsINOhio: #868 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,639 girlsOHPennsylvania: #535 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,913 girlsPANew Jersey: #471 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,311 girlsNJConnecticut: #240 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,001 girlsCTCalifornia: #675 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 3,954 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedUTColorado: #366 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,531 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #829 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,906 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #764 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,180 girlsVAMaryland: #456 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedDEArizona: #739 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,649 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #862 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,808 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #571 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,492 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,226 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,546 girlsGAHawaii: #147 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 442 girlsHITexas: #1,345 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,318 girlsTXFlorida: #678 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,743 girlsFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#147 · 1 in 442
  2. New Hampshire#204 · 1 in 711
  3. Massachusetts#207 · 1 in 939
  4. Connecticut#240 · 1 in 1,001
  5. Washington#338 · 1 in 1,461

Best ever in a state: #50 in Hawaii, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#14781 in 442
New Hampshire#20461 in 711
Massachusetts#207291 in 939
Connecticut#240131 in 1,001
Washington#338221 in 1,461
Colorado#366161 in 1,531
Michigan#415211 in 2,117
New York#425451 in 2,123
Minnesota#441121 in 2,146
Maryland#456121 in 2,106
New Jersey#471171 in 2,311
Oregon#48981 in 2,074
Wisconsin#505101 in 2,505
Illinois#533241 in 2,759
Pennsylvania#535191 in 2,913
Iowa#57151 in 2,706
Oklahoma#57171 in 2,492
Nevada#57251 in 2,433
Indiana#578111 in 2,955
California#675581 in 3,954
Florida#678231 in 3,743
Arizona#739101 in 3,649
Virginia#76491 in 4,180
Missouri#82961 in 4,906
North Carolina#862101 in 4,808
Ohio#868101 in 5,639
Georgia#1,22671 in 7,546
Texas#1,345181 in 9,318
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Maia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#460 → #433)
  • 64 spots since 2020 (#497 → #433)
  • 119 spots since 2015 (#552 → #433)
  • Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1996 (#1,023 → #823)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 2007 (#508 → #611)
Rise & fade · girls
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1950
  • Peaked 2022 at #420 (752 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1996–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,181
  • Highest: 1 in 2,181 girls born in 2022 were named Maia (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,248 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 28.1% of all girls named Maia (5,123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s58#3,104 (1959)#4,921
1960s217#2,022 (1966)#2,821
1970s668#1,193 (1979)#1,560
1980s728#1,161 (1980)#1,682
1990s2,188#537 (1998)#1,106
2000s5,057#508 (2006)#567
2010s5,123#488 (2017)#592
2020s4,161#420 (2022)#451

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maia in 2008

girls
#634
487 births · 1 in 3,883 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #634Maia487
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 3,883 of them was named Maia, which outranked 96.9% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maia
  1. #631Kailee490
  2. #632Carley489
  3. #632Noemi489
  4. #634Maia487
  5. #634Camilla487
  6. #636Maeve486
  7. #637Giana485
  8. #638Irene483

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →