Mayas

A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning illusions; plural form of Maya.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayas by the numbers

Mayas was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Other names that come from Maya

Like Mayas, each of these traces back to Maya: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maya-Roseillusion rose; combination of Maya and Rose18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maya-Raeillusion; a form of Maya with Rae suffix5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maya-Graceillusion; compound with Grace; a form of Maya4 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mayas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Matasgift of God; a form of Matthew18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Matyasgift of god; hungarian form of matthew6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayesson of may; patronymic form9 in the US (2017)
  • Manasmind; intellect3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayar18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayan12 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Mayas

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