Maja
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning illusion; the mother of Hermes in Greek mythology.
Maja by the numbers
In 2025, 85 babies in England and Wales were named Maja. In the US, 49 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 84 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marabitter74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahagreat, magnificent63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Manaspiritual power or prestige8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Masagood; true; righteous23 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maja
Names that are said the same way as Maja, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Maijabeloved; a form of Maria3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Maja
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