NameTides

Mayah

Mayah was the #2,778 girls' name in the US in 2025 (61 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Mayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mayah 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Mayah 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#2,778 (61)#2,440 (11)#632 (4)——#3,044 (6)
2024#2,231 (84)#1,160 (29)———#1,949 (11)
2023#2,288 (80)#1,469 (21)——#856 (3)#2,203 (9)
2022#2,530 (70)#1,452 (21)———#1,482 (15)
2021#2,384 (75)#1,785 (16)#792 (3)——#1,592 (14)
2020#2,100 (87)#1,397 (22)———#1,758 (12)
2019#1,949 (100)#1,634 (18)#765 (3)——#2,025 (10)
2018#1,727 (119)#1,526 (20)#809 (3)——#1,639 (13)
2017#1,534 (143)#1,296 (26)——#873 (3)#2,179 (9)
2016#1,628 (134)#1,749 (17)———#2,195 (9)
2015#1,362 (174)#1,168 (29)#806 (3)#426 (3)—#1,757 (12)
2014#1,643 (130)#1,299 (25)#802 (3)——#1,600 (14)
2013#1,695 (123)#1,956 (14)———#1,432 (16)
2012#1,663 (128)#1,342 (24)#815 (3)——#1,787 (12)
2011#1,564 (140)#1,807 (15)#810 (3)——#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #1,362.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 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 26,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mayah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 31,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mayah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mayah (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
Ontario2024#1,4107

Mayah (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
MayahCanadaGirls#3,0446
MayahEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
MayahIrelandGirls—too few
MayahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MayahScotlandGirls#6324
MayahUSGirls#2,77861