Name meaning & stats
Mayah
Mayah means “illusion (Sanskrit), or water (Hebrew)”. 2,973 US babies since 1940, peak 2015.
What it means
“illusion (Sanskrit), or water (Hebrew)”
Spelling of Maya
In US birth records
Peak year: 2015
2,973 US babies were named Mayah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mayah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 51 Mayas spell it Mayah
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2015)