Maia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #199 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #433 for girls
Maia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “mother, nurse”. In 2025 it ranked 199th for girls in the UK (274 babies) and 433rd for girls in the US (715 babies).
What does Maia mean?
Greek
“mother, nurse”
In Greek myth Maia was the eldest of the Pleiades and mother of Hermes; May is named after the Roman goddess Maia.
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Is Maia a girl's or a boy's name?
Maia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 274 girls in the UK and 715 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 199th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 274 about 1 in 1,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 274 girls in the UK were named Maia, making it the 199th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 193rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 332 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,115 girls in the UK were given Maia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #199 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 197th in England and Wales, 256th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Maia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 274 | #199 |
| 2024 | 285 | #190 |
| 2023 | 285 | #195 |
| 2022 | 304 | #185 |
| 2021 | 265 | #213 |
| 2020 | 282 | #193 |
| 2019 | 253 | #211 |
| 2018 | 332 | #178 |
| 2017 | 260 | #216 |
| 2016 | 248 | #233 |
| 2015 | 263 | #225 |
| 2014 | 228 | #244 |
| 2013 | 238 | #234 |
| 2012 | 263 | #212 |
| 2011 | 260 | #219 |
| 2010 | 289 | #204 |
| 2009 | 300 | #200 |
| 2008 | 326 | #185 |
| 2007 | 291 | #210 |
| 2006 | 251 | #215 |
| 2005 | 204 | #252 |
| 2004 | 219 | #233 |
| 2003 | 257 | #203 |
| 2002 | 207 | #235 |
| 2001 | 267 | #174 |
| 2000 | 220 | #218 |
| 1999 | 184 | #252 |
| 1998 | 105 | #359 |
| 1997 | 70 | #476 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
How popular is Maia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 433rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 715 about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 715 girls in the US were named Maia, making it the 433rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 752 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Maia in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,471 girls in the US were given Maia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #433 for this spelling alone.
Maia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 715 | #433 |
| 2024 | 682 | #460 |
| 2023 | 672 | #459 |
| 2022 | 752 | #420 |
| 2021 | 724 | #435 |
| 2020 | 616 | #497 |
| 2019 | 587 | #525 |
| 2018 | 620 | #502 |
| 2017 | 639 | #488 |
| 2016 | 545 | #570 |
| 2015 | 562 | #552 |
| 2014 | 456 | #627 |
| 2013 | 440 | #640 |
| 2012 | 386 | #719 |
| 2011 | 413 | #680 |
| 2010 | 475 | #620 |
| 2009 | 512 | #588 |
| 2008 | 487 | #634 |
| 2007 | 492 | #611 |
| 2006 | 598 | #508 |
| 2005 | 558 | #523 |
| 2004 | 512 | #558 |
| 2003 | 494 | #562 |
| 2002 | 512 | #535 |
| 2001 | 417 | #602 |
| 2000 | 475 | #549 |
| 1999 | 420 | #587 |
| 1998 | 466 | #537 |
| 1997 | 327 | #667 |
| 1996 | 245 | #823 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,020 |
| 1994 | 134 | #1,266 |
| 1993 | 129 | #1,306 |
| 1992 | 117 | #1,399 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,593 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,629 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 84 | #1,472 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,786 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,848 |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,161 |
| 1979 | 110 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 76 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 73 | #1,430 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,786 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,736 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,021 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Names like Maia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Mia, Safa, Zainab, Amara, Piper, Summer, Lara, Amira, Syeda, Esme, Zoya
Other spellings of Maia
Maya, Mya, Maja, Myah, Maiya, Mayah, Myia, Maaya, Maiah, Maiyah, Myiah
Names related to Maia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Maia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maia, updated 20 October 2026.