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How popular is the name Mayah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mayahs are alive today.
Mayah (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Maya in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 11 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2015, when 29 babies were given the name, the 1168th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 29 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2015; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Maya you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Mayas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 39,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Maya.
How many babies are named Mayah each year?
Includes all spellings: Mayah, Maia, Maiya, Maya, Miah, Myah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mayah spelling rank?
Where does the Maia spelling rank?
Where does the Maiya spelling rank?
Where does the Maya 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 Mayah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Maya, peaked in 2024, when 1,979 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Mayah spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 29 babies.
How many people are called Mayah?
At least 39,000 people named Mayah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mayah?
Most living Mayahs are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 3.
Is Mayah becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2024 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.