Maiya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maiya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maiya: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #444 in 2011, and it stood at #1,262 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#444highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#1805
2000	#1389
2001	#992
2002	#1245
2003	#1129
2004	#1012
2005	#1121
2006	#1201
2007	#1160
2008	#817
2009	#572
2010	#601
2011	#615
2012	#607
2013	#593
2014	#640
2015	#745
2016	#804
2017	#1002
2018	#952
2019	#864
2020	#1065
2021	#1069
2022	#1282
2023	#1288
2024	#1262

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2020: #700 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1065 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1802 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maiya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 984 births with the name.

Maiya across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maiya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1802 (1997)	#572 (2009)	#1262 (2024)	28 of 28	984 (1997–2024)	69 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#581 (2015)	#700 (2020)	6 of 13	24 (2008–2020)	6 (2015)

Maiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	3 of 10	9
2000s	270	10 of 10	27
2010sbusiest	547	10 of 10	55
2020s	139	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 55 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 26, from 41 to 67.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maiya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #444 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Maiya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1069	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#864	42	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#952	38	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1002	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#804	48	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#745	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#640	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#593	69	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#607	69	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#615	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#601	65	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#572	67	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#817	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1201	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1012	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #444, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Maisy · #100, 30y
Maitiu · #305, 14y
Maiza · #2574, 11y
Maizie · #247, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lillianna · #444, 23y
Nikole · #444, 25y
Poppi · #444, 26y
Oona · #443, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Camila · #444, 27y
Faizan · #444, 29y
Kaileigh · #444, 10y
Kalina · #444, 22y

Maiya was ranked #444 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maiya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maiya without appearing here.

Maiya moved ahead of

Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3912.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1288 and #2689.
Mona Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1389 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #992 and #2023.
Yvonne Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1389 and #1095 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #992 and #2023.

Moved ahead of Maiya

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #864 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.
Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #992 and #1107 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1245 and #809.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #601 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #615 and #261.
Amalie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1069 and #1102 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1282 and #940.

Moved the opposite way to Maiya

Carol Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Maiya went from #1802 to #1069 while Carol went from #897 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Maiya went from #1802 to #1069 while Karin went from #1802 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Maiya went from #1802 to #1069 while Tyler went from #242 to #5581.
Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Maiya went from #1802 to #952 while Finlay went from #1234 to #4684.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #444 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maiya

Maiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maiya across 2 official records

Maiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maiya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Maiya at a glance

Maiya across 2 official records

Maiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Maiya

Maiya and the names beside it

Maiya moved ahead of

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