Maya
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Maya honors the month of May and the Roman goddess Maia; it entered U.S. use in 1970, quickly reached the top one hundred, and also recalls the Mayan civilization. Maya is a Hindu or Sanskrit name meaning “illusion” or “God’s power.” Writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou is the most famous bearer. In Space: 1999, Maya is a shape-shifting alien from the planet Psychon who saves the Moonbase Alpha crew time and again.
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Usage of Maya in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Maya against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Maya is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Maya in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 3,712 girls were named Maya, making it the #62 girls' name in the US. Since 1940, 123,587 girls have been named Maya, with the most (5,047) in 2006. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Vermont and Hawaii.
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.
Maya in other languages
- Maja Dutch, Polish, Slovenian
- Мая Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Maia Italian, Portuguese
- Maija Finnish, Latvian
- Moya English, Irish
- Майя Russian, Ukrainian
- Amaya Spanish
- まや Japanese
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Maya
There are 258 towns and villages with Maya in their name, in 46 countries.
🇷🇺 Russia 71🇲🇽 Mexico 27🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 22🇮🇳 India 14🇳🇬 Nigeria 11🇬🇹 Guatemala 10🇨🇳 China 7🇳🇪 Niger 7
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Maya | Central Visayas, 🇵🇭 Philippines | 7,572 | Map |
| Pervoye Maya | Voronezh Oblast, 🇷🇺 Russia | 4,512 | Map |
| Ust-Maya | Sakha, 🇷🇺 Russia | 3,062 | Map |
| Pervoye Maya | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 🇷🇺 Russia | 2,210 | Map |
| Pervoye Maya | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 🇷🇺 Russia | 2,173 | Map |
| Maya Balam | Quintana Roo, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 2,018 | Map |
| Goli-Maya | Vallée du Bandama District, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 1,836 | Map |
| Maya Mopan | Southern District, 🇧🇿 Belize | 998 | Map |
| Maya Center | Southern District, 🇧🇿 Belize | 731 | Map |
| Ciudad Maya | Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 715 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Maya
There are 2 lakes and reservoirs with Maya in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇺 Cuba 1🇮🇳 India 1
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| Laguna Maya | Matanzas Province, 🇨🇺 Cuba | Map |
| Maya Tāl | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Maya songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Maya in their title. The best known:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Maya
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Maya.
Maya Kaufmane
Maya Lawrence
Maya Lin
Maya Lindholm
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Fictional characters named Maya
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.
Maya as a pet name
FurryName has found 4,084 dogs named Maya in public pet registers, making it the #79 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Switzerland (1414), Laval (111), Burlington (6). Maya as a dog name →
FurryName has found 1,067 cats named Maya in public pet registers, making it the #75 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Switzerland (1004), Laval (18), Corangamite Shire (2). Maya as a cat name →
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