How Many People Are Named Maja?
people named Maja are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 169,788 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,049 babies named Maja in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Maja in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maja alive today is about 21 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maja first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 2009, to 84 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,315, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #3,746.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,746 |
| Best rank | #2,315 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,644 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maja alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maja were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 300 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maja was given 12.6 times as often in Illinois, 2 times in New York and 1.4 times in California.
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