Maya is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “illusion.” In 2024 it was given to 4,220 girls in the United States.
Maya belongs to the Hindu & Indian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “illusion” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Maya first appears in Social Security records in 1940. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #50 in 2023, and in 2024 4,220 babies received the name — 119,839 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Maya means “illusion” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Maya is a girl name. In 2024, 4,220 babies received the name in the US.
Maya comes from the Hindu & Indian, English & American and Spanish tradition.
Maya first appears in US records in 1940. Its best-ever ranking was #50 in 2023, and 4,220 babies were given the name in 2024.
Maya is pronounced /ˈmaɪə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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