Maja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #493 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Maja is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 493rd for girls in the UK (90 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Maja mean?
Greek: European form of Maia, also a pet form of Maria
Popular across Scandinavia, Germany and Poland, where it is linked both to Maia and to Maria.
Is Maja a girl's or a boy's name?
Maja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #493among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the UK were named Maja, making it the 493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 211th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 505 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 14 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maja than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Maja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,115 girls in the UK were given Maja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #493 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 468th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Maja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #493 |
| 2024 | 122 | #391 |
| 2023 | 127 | #371 |
| 2022 | 163 | #302 |
| 2021 | 170 | #315 |
| 2020 | 255 | #211 |
| 2019 | 281 | #197 |
| 2018 | 308 | #189 |
| 2017 | 349 | #175 |
| 2016 | 357 | #177 |
| 2015 | 365 | #168 |
| 2014 | 378 | #167 |
| 2013 | 446 | #137 |
| 2012 | 489 | #132 |
| 2011 | 505 | #127 |
| 2010 | 495 | #130 |
| 2009 | 479 | #129 |
| 2008 | 366 | #169 |
| 2007 | 191 | #278 |
| 2006 | 97 | #453 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 29 | #936 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Maja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Maja, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the girls named Maja in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,471 girls in the US were given Maja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Maja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,316 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,538 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Maja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Amira Khadija Summer Rahma Huda Maha Raya Ayah
Other spellings of Maja
Maya Maia Mya Myah Maiya Mayah Myia Maaya Maiah Maiyah Myiah
Names related to Maja
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, “Maja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maja, updated 20 October 2026.