Maya
Girl nameMaya has been given to 123,750 babies in the U.S. since 1940. It peaked in 2006 and currently ranks #62 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈmaɪə/
Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”). {| | rowspan="2" class="maintenance-box-image-cell" | 40px|alt=To be cleaned up ! style="text-align: left;" | A user suggests that this English entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “senses ("member or descendant of") and translation ("civilization") don't match: Finnish mayakulttuuri & German Mayakultur only denote the civilisation but not a person. Also, Etymol
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
123,750
Peak year
2006 (5,053 babies)
Rank in 2025
#62 for girls
First recorded
1940
10-year trend
▼ -10%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Maya
Maya Angelou
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
Maya Plisetskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
Maya Yoshida
Japanese association football player
Maya Hawke
American actress
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Maya.
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