Maayan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-ah-YAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Maayan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “spring, fountain”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Maayan mean?
Hebrew: modern Hebrew name
“spring, fountain”
A modern Hebrew name meaning a spring of water, used for both girls and boys in Israel.
Is Maayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Maayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Maayan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 boys.
Maayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
How popular is Maayan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Maayan, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984. 6 boys were also named Maayan in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Maayan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Maayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maayan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Maayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Mustafa Sulaiman Abdullah Mouhamed Mihail Zayaan Musab Abdulrahman Rafa
Names related to Maayan
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maayan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maayan, updated 20 October 2026.