NameTides

Maia

Maia was the #433 girls' name in the US in 2025 (715 babies), and #197 in England & Wales and #268 in Canada.

Maia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandUS
Maia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#433 (715)#197 (255)#256 (14)#290 (5)#213 (20)#268 (116)
2024#460 (682)#190 (254)#164 (25)#253 (6)#126 (36)#295 (103)
2023#459 (672)#196 (253)#173 (24)#209 (8)#183 (25)#249 (115)
2022#420 (752)#184 (280)#232 (17)#243 (7)#150 (35)#234 (124)
2021#435 (724)#210 (243)#245 (16)#266 (6)#242 (19)#317 (103)
2020#497 (616)#193 (257)#257 (14)#166 (11)#152 (33)#367 (86)
2019#525 (587)#218 (225)#206 (20)#213 (8)#196 (25)#317 (100)
2018#502 (620)#176 (309)#213 (20)#434 (3)#134 (41)#321 (103)
2017#488 (639)#224 (226)#174 (27)#239 (7)#158 (35)#433 (76)
2016#570 (545)#236 (219)#199 (23)#276 (6)#170 (32)#362 (96)
2015#552 (562)#220 (237)#227 (18)#223 (8)#118 (55)#345 (100)
2014#627 (456)#238 (207)#261 (17)#365 (4)#130 (46)#466 (71)
2013#640 (440)#240 (207)#203 (22)#218 (9)#216 (26)#397 (81)
2012#719 (386)#215 (232)#174 (26)#330 (5)#199 (28)#300 (109)
2011#680 (413)#218 (228)#188 (24)#224 (8)#234 (23)#322 (103)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #420.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 990common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #414WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #344ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #282NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #611INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #374PANew Jersey: #312NJConnecticut: #240CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #279CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #536CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #520TXFlorida: #203FL
Maia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29618
Ontario2024#32739

Maia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaiaCanadaGirls#268116
MaiaEngland & WalesGirls#197255
MaiaIrelandGirls#21320
MaïaIrelandGirls—too few
MaiaNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
MaiaScotlandGirls#25614
MaiaUSGirls#433715