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“Variant of Maia — Greek goddess of growth, mother of Hermes; Māori for brave or confident” — Greek (Μαῖα, mother of Hermes; Wiktionary marks Maya as var=Maia) origin
Girl's name · #62 in the US (2025) · 2020s
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. 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.
Around the world: #16 in Canada (2024) · #20 in Scotland (2025) · #26 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #28 in England & Wales (2025) · #38 in Australia (VIC) (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 1,041 notable people named Maya:
Entertainers appear 2.21× more often than among typical names — e.g. Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015).
Similar names: Maia · Jade · Mariah · Amaya · Zoe · Madelyn
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