first name
MAIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,491 people named Maia, 49.1% reported their origin as White, 22.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maia peaked in 2022, when 752 babies got the name.
At least 18,200 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Maia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #908. The largest share of babies named Maia, 44%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Maia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maia has been most common in Hawaii (4×), Florida (2.4×), and Washington (2.2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.13×).
15,545 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Maia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maia ranks #19,236 of 156,621, with 1,410 people. See Maia as a last name
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