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 1941 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 76 babies (rank #176 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1,352
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
76
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
19411#82
19421#184
19453#82
19536#736
19548#661
19554#875
19568#695
19575#826
19585#838
19599#697
19609#700
196117#547
196219#516
196310#701
196410#713
196511#679
19669#752
19677#839
19689#768
19699#787
197011#729
197117#581
197211#687
197314#596
197418#511
197510#682
197625#404
197710#679
197811#646
197917#505
19809#753
198121#470
198214#602
198313#634
198411#686
198521#511
198617#575
198715#635
198814#653
198920#531
199018#597
199115#680
199223#516
199320#577
199412#737
199517#598
199615#643
199712#736
199816#621
199918#575
200021#524
200129#434
200225#472
200340#336
200436#350
200554#246
200652#252
200747#266
200842#284
200976#176
201065#195
201170#180
201259#198
201353#214
201458#206