Mayah

Origin: Variant of Maya, through Maia, the mother of Hermes, identified with the Roman goddess of growth (from Greek)

Girl's name · #2802 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Mayah's best rank, #1364, came in 2015; it has settled back to #2802 today. Roughly 3,000 girls have been named Mayah since 1988.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#722 in Scotland (2025) · #2,538 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,990 in France (2025) · #2,194 in Canada (2024).

Mayah is a rare spelling of Maya — about 1% of babies given the name are written this way; Maya itself ranked #62 in 2025.

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