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How popular is the name Maya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mayas are alive today.
Maya (female) is currently the 15th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,592 babies given the name in 2024. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 1,374 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 26,000 babies have been named Maya in England and Wales since 1996. Maya is one spelling of a name also recorded as Maia, Maiya, Miah and Myah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Maya you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Mayas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 19, and there are at least 37,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Maya.
How many babies are named Maya each year?
Includes all spellings: Maya, Maia, Maiya, Miah, Myah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Maya spelling rank?
Where does the Maia spelling rank?
Where does the Maiya spelling rank?
Where does the Miah spelling rank?
Where does the Myah spelling rank?
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
When was the name Maya most popular?
Maya peaked in 2024, when 1,950 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Maya?
At least 37,000 people named Maya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Maya?
Most living Mayas are between 7 and 19; the most common age is about 5.
Is Maya becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.