Maya is a popular choice in the UK, ranked #28 in 2025. There's a good chance they'll share their name with at least one classmate throughout school.
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UK Rank 2025
#28
US Rank #62
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About the Name Maya
Maya has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #15. It has been building momentum steadily rather than spiking suddenly. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has spent 22 of the last 30 years inside the UK top 100 โ a mark of enduring mainstream appeal.
Maya is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Maya on the register.
In the US it sits at #51 โ notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
โญ Famous People Named Maya
Maya Lin โ Maya Ying Lin is an American architect, designer, and sculptor.
Maya Higa โ Maya Elaine Higa is an American conservationist, Twitch streamer, and YouTuber.
Maya Moore โ Maya April Moore is an American social justice advocate and former professional basketball player.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Maya
Unlikely. With around 1,259 UK babies named Maya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Maya in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Maya has been fairly steady, ranked #28 in 2025 against #32 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #15 in 2024.
Maya is more popular in the UK (#15) than in the US (#51). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Maya include: Maya Lin, Maya Higa and Maya Moore. Short summaries for each appear below.
Maya ranks #51 in the US (2024), making it comfortably inside the American top 100. It's well-liked on both sides of the Atlantic.
1,259
UK babies named Maya (2025)
~0.0
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.6
In a school of 600
↑ 4 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Maya
Almost certainly the only Maya in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Maya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
The term maya refers to a folk taxonomy often used in the Philippines to refer to a variety of small, commonly observed passerine birds, including a number of sparrows, finches and munias.
Maya (; Devanagari: เคฎเคพเคฏเคพ, IAST: mฤyฤ), also known as Mahฤmฤyฤ and Mฤyฤdevฤซ, was Queen of Shakya and the mother of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha.