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Maya
Pronounced /ˈmaɪə/
Rank in 2024
#51
Born in 2024
4,220
Peak year
2006 · #57
Origin
Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,220 girls were named Maya, about 1 in every 382.
- It peaked in 2006 with 5,047 babies, ranked #57.
- It first shows up in the records in 1940.
- 119,839 girls have been named Maya since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Maya per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 2.0Gen Z1997–12
- 2.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 15 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 263 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,823 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,360 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Z: 59,218 babies, 2.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 48,160 babies, 2.37 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”). ==== Noun ==== Maya (plural Mayas or Maya) A member or descendant of various peoples: a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
- A female given name
- A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Maria, equivalent to English Mary
- A female given name from Latin, variant of Maia, equivalent to English May
- A female given name from Greek
- Origin
- Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit
- Say it
- /ˈmaɪə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Maya, CC BY-SA 4.0.