Feminine dossier · first seen 1952

Maija

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Maija
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1952Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

84.7%

2024

All-time

1,181

Maija has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 59 girls were named Maija.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 84.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,181 Americans have been named Maija and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1952.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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