Maia vs Úna

Maia and Únacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 2025, Maia was ranked #213 and Úna #239 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Maia and Úna over time

Maia and Úna appear together in 1 published list, across 8 years of shared records. Maia held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Úna in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Úna reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Maia in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

Republic of Ireland · Girls8 shared years, 2018–2025
Maia held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Úna in 0.
Highest recorded here: Maia #126 in 2024, Úna #183 in 2023.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Maia #213, Úna #239.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Maia

Pairs where Maia shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Maia vs Hedvig
Maia and Hedvig changed places 17 times in Norway · Girls between 1979 and 2025, ending at #131 and #19.
Maia · Hedvig · 42 shared years, 1979–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Charlotte vs Maia
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Charlotte #1 in 2006, Maia #15 in 2005.
Charlotte · Maia · 25 shared years, 1999–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2006 New Zealand ranking
Ella vs Maia
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Ella #1 in 2007, Maia #15 in 2005.
Ella · Maia · 25 shared years, 1999–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2007 New Zealand ranking
Emma vs Maia
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Emma #1 in 2003, Maia #15 in 2005.
Emma · Maia · 25 shared years, 1999–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2005 New Zealand ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Maia, Úna
Field	Maia	Úna
Record type	Editorially researched profile	Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usage	female	female
Meaning	A genuinely multi-origin name rather than one shared etymology. In Maori, maia (usually written with a macron, maia) is an adjective/noun meaning 'brave, bold, confident' — Te Aka also separately lists Maia as an alternate name for Waiti, a star in the Pleiades cluster. In Greek and Roman mythology, Maia was the eldest of the seven Pleiades, mother of Hermes by Zeus, with a proposed meaning of 'good mother', possibly a nursery-form of the word for 'mother'. It is also used as a form of Maria in Estonian and Basque.	Not yet recorded
Origin	Genuinely multiple, independent origins — Maori, Greek/Roman mythology, and Estonian/Basque	Not yet recorded
Pronunciation	/ˈmai̯a/	Not yet recorded
Syllables	1	1
Common variants / nicknames	Not yet recorded	Not yet recorded
Recorded regional usage	GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ	IE
Most recent popularity observation	Norway · Girls #131 (2025)	Republic of Ireland · Girls #239 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)	90/100	Not yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)	95/100	95/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)	100/100	40/100
Data Confidence	medium	medium

What the data shows

Maia has a recorded origin (Genuinely multiple, independent origins — Maori, Greek/Roman mythology, and Estonian/Basque); Úna does not have one recorded yet.
Maia and Úna both have 1 syllable.
A meaning is recorded for Maia; Úna doesn't have one written yet.
Both names have recorded usage in IE.

How each name got here

Maia

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #584 among girls in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2023
Highest recorded position: #15 among girls in New Zealand, in 2005 (recorded 1999–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #131 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Úna

Popularity journey

First recorded2018
First recorded at #387 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2018 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2018–2025
Highest recorded position: #183 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2018–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #239 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls