Maia
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning the great one, mother goddess.
How Maia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #555 |
| 2016 | #572 |
| 2017 | #489 |
| 2018 | #501 |
| 2019 | #525 |
| 2020 | #498 |
| 2021 | #435 |
| 2022 | #420 |
| 2023 | #459 |
| 2024 | #459 |
| 2025 | #433 |
Maia by the numbers
In 2025, 255 babies in England and Wales were named Maia. In the US, 636 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 3,600 American girls born that year was called Maia.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Marabitter74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maia
Names that are said the same way as Maia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Maia, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maia
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