Maya

Boy · recorded 1975–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 2003best year

Most popular in 2003.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Maya.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1975

04719751986199820092020

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 22 recorded years as a table
Maya, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19753
19895
19933
19964
19985
19994
20003
20013
20023
20037
20043
20055
20063
20072
20084
20096
20105
20114
20124
20134
20163
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Maya isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
6
Rank in 2020
#10,605
How rare
1 in 287,679 boys
Since 1975
163

Maya was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2003, at 7 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Maya doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.