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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020girlsat 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 2020

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedNHWashington: #296 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,266 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: #466 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,969 girlsMNIllinois: #474 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,120 girlsILWisconsin: #829 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,155 girlsWIMichigan: #1,067 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,309 girlsMINew York: #336 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,530 girlsNYMassachusetts: #257 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,085 girlsMARhode Island: #173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 520 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedORNevada: #324 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedSDIowa: #572 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,303 girlsIAIndiana: #577 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,547 girlsINOhio: #809 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,355 girlsOHPennsylvania: #589 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,686 girlsPANew Jersey: #324 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,394 girlsNJConnecticut: #518 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,250 girlsCTCalifornia: #341 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 1,691 girlsCAUtah: #663 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,222 girlsUTColorado: #469 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,959 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #828 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,080 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #349 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,484 girlsVAMaryland: #582 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,479 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedDEArizona: #630 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,766 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: #1,101 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,073 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #499 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,182 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #538 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,163 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #724 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,955 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: #715 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,422 girlsGAHawaii: #91 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 275 girlsHITexas: #583 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 2,886 girlsTXFlorida: #258 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,201 girlsFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#91 · 1 in 275
  2. Rhode Island#173 · 1 in 520
  3. Massachusetts#257 · 1 in 1,085
  4. Florida#258 · 1 in 1,201
  5. Washington#296 · 1 in 1,266

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#9191 in 275
Rhode Island#17351 in 520
Massachusetts#257221 in 1,085
Florida#258671 in 1,201
Washington#296231 in 1,266
Nevada#32481 in 1,219
New Jersey#324251 in 1,394
New York#336521 in 1,530
California#3411031 in 1,691
Virginia#349231 in 1,484
Minnesota#466111 in 1,969
Colorado#469111 in 1,959
Illinois#474231 in 2,120
North Carolina#499201 in 2,182
Connecticut#51851 in 2,250
South Carolina#53881 in 2,163
Iowa#57251 in 2,303
Indiana#577111 in 2,547
Maryland#58291 in 2,479
Texas#583531 in 2,886
Pennsylvania#589181 in 2,686
Arizona#630101 in 2,766
Utah#66351 in 3,222
Georgia#715131 in 3,422
Oklahoma#72451 in 2,955
Ohio#809111 in 4,355
Missouri#82861 in 4,080
Wisconsin#82951 in 4,155
Michigan#1,06761 in 6,309
Tennessee#1,10151 in 6,073
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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 2020

girls
#497
616 births · 1 in 2,624 girls

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #497Maia616
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,624 of them was named Maia, which outranked 97.2% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maia
  1. #494Malani618
  2. #494Nia618
  3. #496Remy617
  4. #497Maia616
  5. #497Dylan616
  6. #499Dior613
  7. #500Legacy612
  8. #501Shelby606

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

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →