How Many People Are Named Maija?
people named Maija are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 295,917 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,189 babies named Maija in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
59 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Finnish variant of MARIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Maija in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maija alive today is about 29 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maija first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 1999, to 59 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maija has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,455, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #11,534.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,534 |
| Best rank | #2,455 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,182 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maija alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maija were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 82 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maija was given about 35.8 times as often in Minnesota.
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