Maya

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Russian

Meaning

Maya is a feminine name in various languages with various meanings. In the ancient Indian language Sanskrit, Mฤyฤ means "the illusory nature of reality or the illusion of creation", and is an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

From Wikipedia

Maya first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 896 babies (rank #14 that year). In 2024 it was given to 680 girls (rank #16). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Maya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Maya yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

18,605
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
896
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199158#455
199256#484
199378#368
199474#339
1995107#277
1996123#244
1997143#219
1998253#125
1999286#103
2000340#78
2001435#61
2002519#44
2003653#30
2004709#23
2005803#19
2006896#14
2007851#17
2008870#15
2009869#18
2010791#20
2011761#22
2012760#23
2013741#24
2014726#25
2015711#27
2016670#31
2017637#33
2018680#30
2019644#30
2020638#27
2021714#22
2022660#21
2023669#19
2024680#16