Female name
Maya
27,704 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 4.
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”). A user suggests that this English entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “senses ("member or descendant of") and translation ("civilization") don't match: Finnish mayakulttuuri & German Mayakultur only denote the civilisation but not a person. Also, Etymology3&4 may be merged”. Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.From Wiktionary, entry “Maya”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 1,592 births. 27,704 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 15th among girls' names in 2024. It is still given: 6,945 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2006: 5,053 births. 123,750 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 49th among girls' names in 2023. It really came into use around 1959. It is still given: 20,363 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2024: 187 births. 2,102 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 17th among girls' names in 2024. It really came into use around 2004. It is still given: 665 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 18,550 | 1900–2025 | 68th in 2024 |
| Quebec | 4,537 | 1980–2025 | 22nd in 2007 |
| Switzerland | 4,415* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 2,087 | 1984–2025 | 58th in 2010 |
| Berlin | 1,206 | 2012–2023 | 28th in 2020 |
| Argentina | 751 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Belgium | 660 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
4 + 1 + 7 + 1 = 13 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
1 + 1 = 2
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
4 + 7 = 11
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.