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Maiya

Gender
Girl
Say it
MY-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,324 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,387 for girls

Maiya is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).

What does Maiya mean?

Greek: spelling of Maia or Maya

Spelling of Maia or Maya, names with roots in Greek myth and in Sanskrit respectively.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Maiya a girl's or a boy's name?

Maiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Maiya in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,324th among girls
Babies in 2025
25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Maiya, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 78 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Maiya than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Maiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,115 girls in the UK were given Maiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 78 in 20132025
Maiya in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202525#1,324
202426#1,321
202327#1,285
202226#1,325
202133#1,109
202033#1,089
201947#849
201843#923
201738#1,027
201653#803
201563#692
201466#665
201378#583
201277#610
201172#617
201070#624
200971#590
200845#825
200728#1,117
200625#1,153
200523#1,172
200426#1,027
200320#1,216
200216#1,333
200121#1,070
200013#1,502
19999#1,921
199810#1,815
19979#1,927

How popular is Maiya in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,387th among girls
Babies in 2025
75 about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Maiya, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2000, with 213 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.

Half of all the girls named Maiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,471 girls in the US were given Maiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.

1974Busiest: 213 in 20002025
Maiya in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202575#2,387
202481#2,282
202367#2,614
202270#2,530
202161#2,784
202075#2,341
201977#2,331
2018124#1,677
2017121#1,744
2016111#1,857
2015145#1,537
2014114#1,794
2013131#1,634
2012161#1,416
2011169#1,363
2010186#1,278
2009210#1,194
2008202#1,242
2007194#1,269
2006146#1,505
2005167#1,319
2004115#1,683
2003132#1,476
2002128#1,482
2001141#1,355
2000213#993
1999150#1,247
1998144#1,257
1997111#1,473
1996126#1,341
1995110#1,453
199475#1,885
199346#2,634
199224#4,229
199123#4,323
199020#4,689
19899#8,031
198810#7,106
19876#9,820
19868#7,745
19850–
19849#6,808
19838#7,310
198211#5,909
198111#5,884
198014#4,977
19796#9,008
197810#5,957
19779#6,338
19765#9,282
19750–
19745#8,773

Names like Maiya

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Maiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maiya, updated 20 October 2026.