Maija
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 59 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,189since 1952
Maija over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Maija has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
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| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five girls were named Maija! It came in at #4,908, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maija is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Maija in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
- 1,371 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #10,917)
- 1,436 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1999 at #2,438 (59 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,065
- Highest: 1 in 30,065 girls born in 1999 were named Maija (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 28.2% of all girls named Maija (335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16 | #4,908 (1952) | #5,654 |
| 1960s | 75 | #2,969 (1968) | #5,183 |
| 1970s | 156 | #3,122 (1973) | #4,262 |
| 1980s | 124 | #4,327 (1980) | #6,043 |
| 1990s | 257 | #2,438 (1999) | #4,854 |
| 2000s | 335 | #3,131 (2003) | #4,219 |
| 2010s | 164 | #5,398 (2012) | #7,815 |
| 2020s | 62 | #6,922 (2023) | #9,605 |
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.
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