Maya

#62 for girls in 2025, 3,712 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2023 · 4,092 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
123,587
since 1940

Maya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976girlsat peak
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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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2025#623,712—
2024#514,230—
2023#494,092—
2022#514,247—
2021#554,082—
2020#613,746#10,6056
2019#643,823—
2018#623,918—
2017#604,046—
2016#644,090#12,1855
2015#684,133—
2014#743,957—
2013#723,826#9,6557
2012#633,981#8,8648
2011#644,024#8,7678
2010#663,971#8,1399
2009#614,393#6,80212
2008#714,270#8,3249
2007#624,701#12,3675
2006#575,047#10,6626
2005#734,431#7,6409
2004#833,767#11,3565
2003#843,849#5,55813
2002#903,545#10,6675
2001#1103,010#10,5565
2000#1133,019#9,1126
1999#1132,854#7,1398
1998#1232,687#6,3149
1997#1811,676—
1996#2011,445#7,1367
1995#2271,241—
1994#2471,130—
1993#2711,016#8,7005
1992#368696—
1991#442576—
1990#399652—
1989#617344#4,52711
1988#669288—
1987#653288—
1986#747233—
1985#696251—
1984#695240—
1983#607290—
1982#546347—
1981#570323—
1980#506398—
1979#513385—
1978#579296—
1977#531343—
1976#696212—
1975#759187#5,4645
1974#798169—
1973#963123—
1972#870147—
1971#948135—
1970#914142—
1969#1,12996—
1968#1,36567—
1967#1,73244—
1966#1,58650—
1965#2,20429—
1964#1,97536—
1963#2,54323—
1962#1,94735—
1961#2,83919—
1960#2,19628—
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1958#3,37913—
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1956#3,69611—
1955#4,0699—
1954#3,9679—
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1952#4,4837—
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Maya! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1940–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Maya is popular in 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedNHWashington: #433 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMNIllinois: #635 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,378 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #478 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,886 girlsMINew York: #668 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,572 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedRIOregon: #318 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,968 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedIAIndiana: #662 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,757 girlsINOhio: #979 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,472 girlsOHPennsylvania: #570 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,855 girlsPANew Jersey: #678 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,870 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #462 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 2,997 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedALGeorgia: #710 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,176 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maya, so not publishedHITexas: #752 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,447 girlsTXFlorida: #653 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,121 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#318 · 1 in 1,968
  2. Washington#433 · 1 in 2,977
  3. California#462 · 1 in 2,997
  4. Michigan#478 · 1 in 3,886
  5. Pennsylvania#570 · 1 in 5,855

Best ever in a state: #3 in District of Columbia, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#31871 in 1,968
Washington#43371 in 2,977
California#462481 in 2,997
Michigan#478141 in 3,886
Pennsylvania#570111 in 5,855
Illinois#635131 in 5,378
Florida#65381 in 5,121
Indiana#66251 in 6,757
New York#668181 in 5,572
New Jersey#67861 in 5,870
Georgia#71051 in 6,176
Texas#752151 in 6,447
Ohio#97951 in 13,472
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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 Maya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#51 → #62)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#61 → #62)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#68 → #62)
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1990 (#617 → #399)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 1973 (#870 → #963)
Rise & fade · girls
83 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 2023 at #49 (4,092 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1970–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 377
  • Highest: 1 in 377 girls born in 2006 were named Maya (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 433 girls born in 2025 (0.23%)
  • Its best rank, #49 in 2023, was only 1 in 392 (0.26%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.4% of all girls named Maya (40,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s25#3,393 (1949)#4,264
1950s111#2,596 (1959)#3,682
1960s427#1,129 (1969)#1,952
1970s2,139#513 (1979)#757
1980s3,002#506 (1980)#631
1990s13,973#113 (1999)#257
2000s40,032#57 (2006)#80
2010s39,769#60 (2017)#66
2020s24,109#49 (2023)#55

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.

Maya in 1976

girls
#696
212 births · 1 in 6,911 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #696Maya212
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 6,911 of them was named Maya, which outranked 93.6% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maya
  1. #692Jerri214
  2. #692Lorrie214
  3. #692Rosalinda214
  4. #696Maya212
  5. #696Buffy212
  6. #696Doreen212
  7. #696Rosemarie212
  8. #700Cora211
  9. #700Eve211
  10. #700Stacia211

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

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →