The name Maia is of Latin origin, and means great.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maia has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Maia
Use of the Name Maia for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
3,845
3,845
3,845
3,845
2,388
990
498
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maia has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Maia first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1996, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Maia
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1996
823
245
1997
667
327
1998
538
465
1999
586
420
2000
548
475
2001
603
416
2002
536
507
2003
563
492
2004
567
498
Totals:
3,845
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Maia as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Maia appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 9 times during the last 125 years.