Maayan
Maayan is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Maayan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maayan is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Maayan
Maayan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1984, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 34 births, good for #4,369 nationwide. About 33% of every Maayan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maayan ranks #6,181 for baby girls with 19 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 643 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Maayan
Maayan is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 643 births in the dataset. Maayan's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #4,369. Use the chart and map above to compare Maayan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.