Maya Girl Name
Baby Girl Names > Starting With M > Maya
The name Maya is of Hebrew origin, and means water.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Maya 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.
| Use of the Name Maya for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 36,098 | 36,098 | 33,971 | 26,936 | 17,051 | 7,508 | 3,687 |
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1970 | 921 | 140 | ||
| 1971 | 950 | 135 | ||
| 1972 | 873 | 147 | ||
| 1973 | 971 | 123 | ||
| 1974 | 800 | 169 | ||
| 1975 | 771 | 183 | ||
| 1976 | 703 | 210 | ||
| 1977 | 532 | 341 | ||
| 1978 | 578 | 296 | ||
| 1979 | 515 | 383 | ||
| 1980 | 509 | 396 | ||
| 1981 | 577 | 321 | ||
| 1982 | 548 | 344 | ||
| 1983 | 607 | 290 | ||
| 1984 | 697 | 239 | ||
| 1985 | 704 | 248 | ||
| 1986 | 749 | 232 | ||
| 1987 | 661 | 284 | ||
| 1988 | 674 | 286 | ||
| 1989 | 624 | 339 | ||
| 1990 | 398 | 651 | ||
| 1991 | 446 | 571 | ||
| 1992 | 368 | 695 | ||
| 1993 | 272 | 1,011 | ||
| 1994 | 247 | 1,128 | ||
| 1995 | 227 | 1,239 | ||
| 1996 | 201 | 1,443 | ||
| 1997 | 183 | 1,670 | ||
| 1998 | 123 | 2,683 | ||
| 1999 | 113 | 2,850 | ||
| 2000 | 113 | 3,012 | ||
| 2001 | 110 | 3,001 | ||
| 2002 | 90 | 3,530 | ||
| 2003 | 84 | 3,821 | ||
| 2004 | 85 | 3,687 | ||
| Totals: | 36,098 | 0 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Maya as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Maya appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 35 times during the last 125 years.
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