Maja
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a medieval diminutive of Maria.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Maja (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Maja has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. 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 | 430 |
| 1999 | 674 |
| 2000 | 667 |
| 2001 | 670 |
| 2002 | 650 |
| 2003 | 726 |
| 2004 | 845 |
| 2005 | 824 |
| 2006 | 780 |
| 2007 | 723 |
| 2008 | 627 |
| 2009 | 632 |
| 2010 | 686 |
| 2011 | 548 |
| 2012 | 488 |
| 2013 | 571 |
| 2014 | 546 |
| 2015 | 498 |
| 2016 | 494 |
| 2017 | 407 |
| 2018 | 461 |
| 2019 | 444 |
| 2020 | 494 |
| 2021 | 505 |
| 2022 | 448 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,071 |
| 2000 | 8,611 |
| 2001 | 9,175 |
| 2002 | 9,685 |
| 2003 | 10,306 |
| 2004 | 11,051 |
| 2005 | 11,766 |
| 2006 | 12,438 |
| 2007 | 13,030 |
| 2008 | 13,630 |
| 2009 | 14,190 |
| 2010 | 14,785 |
| 2011 | 15,258 |
| 2012 | 15,665 |
| 2013 | 16,171 |
| 2014 | 16,695 |
| 2015 | 17,138 |
| 2016 | 17,609 |
| 2017 | 17,985 |
| 2018 | 18,386 |
| 2019 | 18,799 |
| 2020 | 19,232 |
Maja in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Maja.Hi! My name is Maja.
- Maja har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Maja has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Maja kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Maja is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Majas mamma är lärare.Maja's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Majas mamma is Maja's mum.
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Questions about Maja
How do you pronounce Maja in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Maja from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Maja mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a medieval diminutive of Maria.
How popular is Maja in Sweden?
448 babies were named Maja in 2022. In 2020, 19,232 people in Sweden had Maja as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2004 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.