How rare is the name Maiya?

3,660 people in the United States have the first name Maiya, about 1 in 82,522. It ranks #4,891 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MAIYA

#4,891

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,660
About
1 in 82,522
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,660 people named Maiya, 29.4% reported their origin as White, 27.2% as Black and 19.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maiya peaked in 2000, when 213 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
213
In 2025*
75 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,366 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.

Maiya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,346. The largest share of babies named Maiya, 58.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#13,91335
1980s#11,00886
1990s#3,026829
2000s#2,3461,648
2010s#2,9181,339
2020s#4,421429
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–9611.4%
Generation Z 1997–1258.8%
2013 and later28.7%

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 Maiya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maiya has been most common in Hawaii (6.4×), Florida (2.6×), and California (2.3×), and least common in Virginia (0.58×).

2,403 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.

Exactly as common as Maiya

1 other first name also has 3,660 people.

#4,891 Carlin · 3,660

Either side of Maiya

#4,890 Damari · 3,662#4,891 Carlin · 3,660#4,893 Brie · 3,658#4,893 Sheron · 3,658

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maiya, most common first.

#542 Maya · 103,000#1,936 Maia · 14,491#19,442 Mayya · 544#23,465 Maiyah · 417

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