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Maya

Girl's name · #62 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Maya is near its high-water mark: it reached #49 in 2023 and still ranked #62 in 2025. About 124,000 girls have carried it since 1940.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#20 in Canada (2025) · #20 in Scotland (2025) · #26 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #28 in England & Wales (2025) · #38 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #40 in Ireland (2025) · #45 in Brazil (2025, through 23 Dec 2025, girls and boys combined) · #51 in Netherlands (2025) · #53 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #58 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #76 in Belgium (2025) · #77 in France (2025) and 13 more.

Famous Mayas

• Maya Angelou — American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
• Maya Plisetskaya — Russian ballet dancer (1925–2015)
• Maya Hawke — American actress (born 1998)
• Maya Rudolph — American actress and comedian (born 1972)
• Maya — Queen of Shakya and mother of the Buddha
• Maya Lin — American designer and artist (born 1959)
• Maya Deren — American filmmaker (1917–1961)

In stories & tradition

• Maya (Echo) — Fictional character in Marvel Comics
• Maya Sita — Illusionary duplicate of the Hindu goddess Sita
• Maya Herrera — Heroes (TV series)

What Mayas become

Among 1,040 notable people named Maya:

Entertainers appear 2.21× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer (1925–2015).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Maia (#433) and Mya (#444), Maya would rank around #39 with about 5,100 births last year — the newborns split about 72/14/14 across Maya, Maia, and Mya.

Similar names: Maia · Athena · Mariah · Amaya · Zoe · Madelyn

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