Spellings
Maya or Maia?
In the US in 2025, 81% of babies in this name family were spelled Maya and 16% Maia. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Maya already led in 2015, with 82% of the family's births; it has 81% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 5,014 to 4,563 births (−9%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maya | 4,133 | 3,712 | −10% |
| Maia | 562 | 715 | +27% |
| Maiya | 145 | 75 | −48% |
| Mayah | 174 | 61 | −65% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈmaɪə/ (MY-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Maya 635 births (#76 among girls), Maia 330 births (#162 among girls), Maiya 5 births and Mayah 10 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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