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How popular is the name Maja?
Births per year, rank history and how many Majas are alive today.
Maja (female) is a shortened form of the name Maisie. Although Maja itself was given to 85 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 468th as a registered name), most Majas are registered as Maisie, which ranked 43rd in 2025 with 966 babies.
Most people called Maja are registered as Maisie, and share that name's profile: the Maisie you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Maisies born in England and Wales are between 10 and 20, and there are at least 51,000 of them alive today. Only some Maisies go by Maja.
How many babies are named Maja or Maisie each year?
Combined registrations of Maisie, Maisey, Maisy, Maizie, Maja. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Maisie rank as a registered name?
Where does Maja rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Maja short for Maisie?
Yes - Maja is a shortened form of Maisie. Majas are usually registered as Maisie at birth.
When was the name Maja most popular?
The full name Maisie peaked in 2010, when 4,346 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Maja itself peaked as a registered name in 2011, with 449 babies.
How many people are called Maja?
There's no official count of people who go by Maja, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 51,000 people registered as Maisie born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Maja.
How old is the typical Maja?
Most people called Maja are registered as Maisie. Most living Maisies are between 10 and 20; the most common age is about 15.
Is Maja becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.