girls:
16.8k births since 1950
#1152 (80th percentile)
overall:
16.8k births since 1950
#1992 (74th percentile)
The name Maia is the #1,992 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,792 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 74.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,152 (79.9% percentile) for all time with 16,792 births since 1950.
Maia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (first recorded for girls in 1950). Birth data for Maia is available in 72 out of the 74 years between 1950 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Maia reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 60.0% percentile (ranked #384) with 419 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 419 births per million (ranked 60.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maia ranks #413 for girls (56.4% percentile) with 382 births per million, which is 91.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Maia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Maya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Maya..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Maia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Maia is pronounced as MAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-uh, at 8.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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