How popular is the name Maya?

Maya ranks 300th among girls' names in US records, with 137,878 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 46,973.

Is Maya a unisex name?

No. Maya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 5,662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#300 of girl names

Pronounced M AY1 AH0 (ARPABET)

Maya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1940. It has been given to 137,878 children — the 300th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2006, when 5,662 children were given it.

2006Girls: 5,662Boys: 6

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Maya?: Maya ranks 300th among girls' names in US records, with 137,878 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 46,973.
Is Maya a unisex name?: No. Maya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Maya most popular?: 2006, when 5,662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.