Over the past 110 years, 8 boys and 97 690 girls have been named Maya. The name Maya ranks 11065th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Maya in 1989. The peak of popularity of the name Maya came in the 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.