Maya-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-a-RAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Maya-Rae is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “illusion (in Sanskrit) + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Maya-Rae mean?
Sanskrit: Maya + Rae
“illusion (in Sanskrit) + ewe”
Joins Maya (Sanskrit, “illusion (in Sanskrit)”) and Rae (Hebrew, “ewe”).
Meanings borrowed from Maya and Rae.
Is Maya-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Maya-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maya-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maya-Rae, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maya-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
Names like Maya-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya, Musfirah, Aaliyah, Maymunah, Madiha, Maliha, Nusaybah, Mahira, Muntaha, Uma, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maya-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maya-rae, updated 20 October 2026.