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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022girlsat 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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1950#4,7386
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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 2022

  • 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: #244 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,026 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: #549 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,430 girlsMNIllinois: #311 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,334 girlsILWisconsin: #474 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,867 girlsWIMichigan: #527 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,316 girlsMINew York: #244 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 1,160 girlsNYMassachusetts: #260 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,115 girlsMARhode Island: #110 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 318 girlsRIOregon: #302 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsORNevada: #212 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 786 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #927 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,688 girlsINOhio: #660 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,175 girlsOHPennsylvania: #455 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,999 girlsPANew Jersey: #411 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,837 girlsNJConnecticut: #428 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,696 girlsCTCalifornia: #325 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 1,624 girlsCAUtah: #427 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,792 girlsUTColorado: #628 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,727 girlsCONebraska: #356 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,189 girlsNEMissouri: #728 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,460 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #431 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,835 girlsVAMaryland: #599 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,460 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedDEArizona: #267 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedNMKansas: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedARTennessee: #495 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,104 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #580 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,675 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #611 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,537 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,956 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maia, so not publishedMSAlabama: #482 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsALGeorgia: #742 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,523 girlsGAHawaii: #74 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 241 girlsHITexas: #626 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,130 girlsTXFlorida: #188 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 916 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#74 · 1 in 241
  2. Rhode Island#110 · 1 in 318
  3. Florida#188 · 1 in 916
  4. Nevada#212 · 1 in 786
  5. Washington#244 · 1 in 1,026

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#74101 in 241
Rhode Island#11081 in 318
Florida#188941 in 916
Nevada#212121 in 786
New York#244691 in 1,160
Washington#244281 in 1,026
Massachusetts#260221 in 1,115
Arizona#267251 in 1,130
Oregon#302111 in 1,168
Illinois#311351 in 1,334
Kansas#313101 in 1,152
California#3251071 in 1,624
Nebraska#35661 in 1,189
New Jersey#411201 in 1,837
Utah#42791 in 1,792
Connecticut#42871 in 1,696
Virginia#431191 in 1,835
Pennsylvania#455241 in 1,999
Wisconsin#474111 in 1,867
Alabama#482101 in 1,920
Tennessee#495151 in 2,104
Michigan#527161 in 2,316
Minnesota#54991 in 2,430
North Carolina#580171 in 2,675
Maryland#59991 in 2,460
South Carolina#61171 in 2,537
Texas#626521 in 3,130
Colorado#62881 in 2,727
Ohio#660151 in 3,175
Missouri#72871 in 3,460
Oklahoma#73451 in 2,956
Georgia#742131 in 3,523
Indiana#92761 in 4,688
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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 2022

girls
#420
752 births · 1 in 2,181 girls

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #420Maia752
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 2,181 of them was named Maia, which outranked 97.6% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maia
  1. #417Matilda758
  2. #418Annalise756
  3. #419Frances755
  4. #420Maia752
  5. #421Lana750
  6. #422Helen749
  7. #423Bianca747
Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. ↑ 698Wrenlee#1,410 → #712
  2. ↑ 686Neriah#1,680 → #994
  3. ↑ 487Arlet#1,229 → #742
  4. ↑ 424Georgina#1,304 → #880
  5. ↑ 413Amiri#1,293 → #880
Fallers
  1. ↓ 282Tatiana#992 → #1,274
  2. ↓ 245Alaiya#721 → #966
  3. ↓ 239Aarna#967 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 231Jaylene#975 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 227Aviana#521 → #748

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

See the top 100 for 2022 →