Name meaning & stats
Maya
Maya means “illusion (Sanskrit), or water (Hebrew)”. 123,750 US babies since 1940, peak 2006.
What it means
“illusion (Sanskrit), or water (Hebrew)”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
123,750 US babies were named Maya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Maya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 82% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)