Maiya
Maiya was the 2398th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 997th with 213 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 859 places. More babies were named Maiya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,398 girls, down 30 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 75girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2000213 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,366babies recorded
Maiya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,398 | 75 |
| 2020 | #2,368 | 75 |
| 2010 | #1,282 | 186 |
| 2000 | #997 | 213 |
| 1990 | #4,800 | 20 |
| 1980 | #5,129 | 14 |
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How popular is Maiya, counting every spelling?
Maiya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 84 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 84 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maiya | 75 | #2,398 | 354 |
| Maiyah | 9 | #10,590 | 60 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Maiya?
75 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maiya (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maiya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 112 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maiya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maiya?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Maiya are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 12 and 26. That makes Maiya mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Maiya by state
How common Maiya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Maiya
How popular is the name Maiya?
Maiya was the 2398th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 997th with 213 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 859 places. More babies were named Maiya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Maiya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maiya in the US.
Where is Maiya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maiya was most common in California (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Michigan.