Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Maija

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown
Finnish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Maija

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #2438, 59 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20258
20249
202316
202210
20219
202010
201911
201819
20176
201615

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #2891, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
20197
20183
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #3982, 5 births); most recent 2016 (rank #5342, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence