Maja
Recorded 1953–2025 · United States
Maja was most popular in 2009, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,038 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,049 people named Maja.
Maja over time
How old is the name Maja?
Maja first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1953, which makes it about 72 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 66 of the 73 years since.
How many people are named Maja?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,049 American births named Maja between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,015 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Maja in 2025?
40 American babies were named Maja in 2025, ranking #6,507 that year.
Is Maja getting more or less popular?
Maja is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 58 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -28% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Maja a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Maja is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,049 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Maja?
Roughly 2,015 Americans named Maja are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 11 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Maja is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org