Sanskrit maya, "illusion"; Hebrew mayim, "water"; Greek Maia, a mother goddess — illusion; water; mother. One of the rare names that arrives independently in several unrelated languages.
Maya ranks 62nd among American girls in 2025, with 3,712 born that year. Its best year was 2006, when 5,053 babies were given the name, ranking 57th. The typical living American called Maya is about 16 years old today. It is relatively most common in District of Columbia, where it accounts for 0.37% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.