Maia
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Maia (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Maia has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 17 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 28 |
| 2009 | 35 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 20 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 18 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 83 |
| 2000 | 94 |
| 2001 | 106 |
| 2002 | 113 |
| 2003 | 120 |
| 2004 | 132 |
| 2005 | 146 |
| 2006 | 167 |
| 2007 | 177 |
| 2008 | 210 |
| 2009 | 248 |
| 2010 | 260 |
| 2011 | 282 |
| 2012 | 305 |
| 2013 | 318 |
| 2014 | 342 |
| 2015 | 372 |
| 2016 | 387 |
| 2017 | 402 |
| 2018 | 431 |
| 2019 | 454 |
| 2020 | 479 |
Maia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Maia.Hi! My name is Maia.
- Maia bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Maia lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Maia i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Maia this afternoon.
- Maias mamma är lärare.Maia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Maias mamma is Maia's mum.
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Questions about Maia
How do you pronounce Maia in Swedish?
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What does the name Maia mean?
From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).
How popular is Maia in Sweden?
18 babies were named Maia in 2022. In 2020, 479 people in Sweden had Maia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2009 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.