Name meaning & stats
Maiya
Maiya means “illusion (Sanskrit), or water (Hebrew)”. 4,366 US babies since 1940, peak 2000.
What it means
“illusion (Sanskrit), or water (Hebrew)”
Form of Maya
In US birth records
Peak year: 2000
4,366 US babies were named Maiya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Maiya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 35 Mayas spell it Maiya
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2000)