Feminine dossier · first seen 1940

Maya

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

5,047

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1940Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

16.4%

2024

4,220

All-time

119,839

Maya 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 2006, when 5,047 girls were named Maya.

In 2024, only 4,220 girls were given the name.

Down 16.4% from its peak.

All told, about 119,839 Americans have been named Maya and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1940.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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