first name
MAYA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 103,000 people named Maya, 41.5% reported their origin as White, 23.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maya peaked in 2006, when 5,053 babies got the name.
At least 123,750 babies have been given the name since 1940. 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.
Maya by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #147. The largest share of babies named Maya, 48%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Maya is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maya has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Hawaii (2×), and District of Columbia (1.9×), and least common in West Virginia (0.18×).
121,884 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 Maya
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maya, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maya ranks #3,563 of 156,621, with 9,761 people. See Maya as a last name
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