Maija
Maija is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199959 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1952
- 1,181people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,181 girls have been named Maija in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 59 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 1999, its biggest year
Maija was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Maija
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keelypeak 1997
- Damarispeak 2006
- Melenapeak 2001
- Daviapeak 1999
- Rayannpeak 1999
- Keelipeak 2002
- Sarinapeak 1996
- Raganpeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.