Maja
Usage of Maja in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Maja against each list of names.
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Albanian
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Hungarian
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Romanian
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Russian
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Maja is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Maja in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 40 girls were named Maja, making it the #3712 girls' name in the US. Since 1953, 2,049 girls have been named Maja, with the most (84) in 2009. It is most common, relative to births, in Illinois.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Maja in other languages
- Мая Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Maia Italian, Portuguese
- Maija Finnish, Latvian
- Майя Russian, Ukrainian
- Maya Dutch
Maja name days
- May 7 Norway
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Maja
There are 78 towns and villages with Maja in their name, in 17 countries.
🇮🇩 Indonesia 40🇾🇪 Yemen 11🇨🇺 Cuba 4🇲🇾 Malaysia 4🇮🇳 India 3🇯🇵 Japan 2🇳🇬 Nigeria 2🇳🇵 Nepal 2
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Maja | Sisak-Moslavina, 🇭🇷 Croatia | 142 | Map |
| Majā‘ir | Omran, 🇾🇪 Yemen | 5 | Map |
| El Maja | Beni Abbes, 🇩🇿 Algeria | – | Map |
| El Majá | Sancti Spíritus Province, 🇨🇺 Cuba | – | Map |
| El Majá | Villa Clara Province, 🇨🇺 Cuba | – | Map |
| El Majá | Santiago de Cuba Province, 🇨🇺 Cuba | – | Map |
| Ga-Maja | Limpopo, 🇿🇦 South Africa | – | Map |
| Ga-Maja | Limpopo, 🇿🇦 South Africa | – | Map |
| Gidan Maja | Jigawa State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Jaunā māja | Dobele Municipality, 🇱🇻 Latvia | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Maja songs
8 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Maja in their title. The best known:
- Die Biene Maja – Karel Svoboda (1976)
- Båklandets vackra Maja
- Në ato maja rripa-rripa
- Við gefumst aldrei upp / Maja litla – Erling Ágústsson (1961)
- Byssan lull / Vackra Maja – Gösta Ekman (1929)
- Kåta Maja – Helen Sjöholm
- Maja Lavtay Dava Dola – Hridaynath Mangeshkar (1984)
- Zoračka maja – Jakaŭ Navumienka
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Maja
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Maja.
Maja Alm
Maja Haderlap
Fictional characters named Maja
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Maja as a pet name
FurryName has found 3,325 dogs named Maja in public pet registers, making it the #2,657 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Sweden (3302), Basel (3), Zurich (3). Maja as a dog name →
FurryName has found 4,479 cats named Maja in public pet registers, making it the #6,928 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Sweden (4477), Toronto (2). Maja as a cat name →
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