Maija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Maija is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Maija mean?
Hebrew: Finnish and Latvian form of Maria
Finnish and Latvian form of Maria, from Hebrew Miriam, whose original meaning is uncertain.
Is Maija a girl's or a boy's name?
Maija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maija in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Maija, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Maija than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Maija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Maija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Maija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Maija, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had fewer girls named Maija than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Maija in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
Names like Maija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya Safa Summer Aisha Mia Khadija Maha Hiba Raya Ayla Amira Hawa
Names related to Maija
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Maija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maija, updated 20 October 2026.