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Maya Romantic • Empathetic • Peaceable
Maya Romantic • Empathetic • Peaceable
Romantic • Empathetic • Peaceable
MayaRomantic • Empathetic • Peaceable
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This Name Appears On Greek Mythology (Hermes's Mother) As Well As In Central American Culture..
In Roman culture it was the goddess of spring. Also a Spanish short version of Amalia.
Maya Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.15%
Male
99.85%
Female
Maya is predominantly a girls name, with 99.85% of Mayas being girls, and 0.15% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 152 males named Maya, and 103775 females given the name
Popularity of Maya by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Maya in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Maya: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Maya' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Maya in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Maya's average ranking is 6233.34, with it's highest ever rank being #142. Maya has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 0 times, and has reached the top hundred names 19 times.
Maya has been used in the United States ever since 1940, with over 103927 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Maya gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1998, when it's usage went up by 157.96%. During this year, 2684 babies were named Maya, which was 0.0735% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.128%, in this year alone more than 5000 girls were named Maya.
Popular 'M' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'M'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with M. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'M' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
| Name | 'M-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mia | 1. | 12. | 14366 | 0.397% |
| Madison | 2. | 50. | 8982 | 0.248% |
| Mila | 3. | 133. | 4802 | 0.133% |
| Madelyn | 4. | 158. | 4208 | 0.116% |
| Maya | 5. | 162. | 4055 | 0.112% |
| Melanie | 6. | 195. | 3473 | 0.096% |
| Mackenzie | 7. | 201. | 3390 | 0.094% |
| Madeline | 8. | 218. | 3257 | 0.09% |
| Maria | 9. | 259. | 2788 | 0.077% |
| Mary | 10. | 289. | 2487 | 0.069% |
| Morgan | 11. | 303. | 2319 | 0.064% |
| Margaret | 12. | 318. | 2202 | 0.061% |
| Melody | 13. | 326. | 2128 | 0.059% |
| Mckenzie | 14. | 357. | 1982 | 0.055% |
| Molly | 15. | 358. | 1977 | 0.055% |
| Makayla | 16. | 370. | 1918 | 0.053% |
| Mariah | 17. | 371. | 1905 | 0.053% |
| Mya | 18. | 374. | 1902 | 0.053% |
| Michelle | 19. | 449. | 1559 | 0.043% |
| Marley | 20. | 462. | 1491 | 0.041% |