Maya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit/Greek origin, meaning illusion; mother; water.
Babies a year
1,259
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#62
down from #51
UK popularity
#28
1,259 babies · down from #15
How Maya has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #68 |
| 2016 | #64 |
| 2017 | #60 |
| 2018 | #62 |
| 2019 | #64 |
| 2020 | #61 |
| 2021 | #55 |
| 2022 | #51 |
| 2023 | #50 |
| 2024 | #51 |
| 2025 | #62 |
In 2025, 1,259 babies in England and Wales were named Maya. In the US, 4,008 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Maya was most common in 2005, when it went to 0.22% of American babies of that sex.
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