Maya
Meaning and origin
* From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, * From Maia, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa)
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Maya (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, Maya has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. 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 | 24 |
| 1999 | 48 |
| 2000 | 61 |
| 2001 | 100 |
| 2002 | 116 |
| 2003 | 114 |
| 2004 | 160 |
| 2005 | 192 |
| 2006 | 215 |
| 2007 | 163 |
| 2008 | 172 |
| 2009 | 189 |
| 2010 | 182 |
| 2011 | 164 |
| 2012 | 155 |
| 2013 | 167 |
| 2014 | 146 |
| 2015 | 148 |
| 2016 | 153 |
| 2017 | 124 |
| 2018 | 167 |
| 2019 | 148 |
| 2020 | 148 |
| 2021 | 151 |
| 2022 | 128 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 401 |
| 2000 | 469 |
| 2001 | 584 |
| 2002 | 713 |
| 2003 | 845 |
| 2004 | 1,022 |
| 2005 | 1,233 |
| 2006 | 1,456 |
| 2007 | 1,627 |
| 2008 | 1,823 |
| 2009 | 2,044 |
| 2010 | 2,249 |
| 2011 | 2,437 |
| 2012 | 2,620 |
| 2013 | 2,842 |
| 2014 | 3,080 |
| 2015 | 3,327 |
| 2016 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3,823 |
| 2018 | 4,059 |
| 2019 | 4,278 |
| 2020 | 4,455 |
Maya in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Maya.Hi! My name is Maya.
- Maya bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Maya lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Maya har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Maya has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Mayas mamma är lärare.Maya's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mayas mamma is Maya's mum.
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Questions about Maya
How do you pronounce Maya in Swedish?
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What does the name Maya mean?
* From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, * From Maia, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa)
How popular is Maya in Sweden?
128 babies were named Maya in 2022. In 2020, 4,455 people in Sweden had Maya as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 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.