Maiara
Maiara is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Maiara Barreto, Brazilian Paralympic swimmer Maiara Walsh, American actress Maiara Carla Henrique Pereira, Brazilian singer-songwriter, member of Maiara & Maraisa Maiara Carolina Niehues, Brazilian professional footballer
- Tupi
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Maiara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maiara is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Maiara Barreto, Brazilian Paralympic swimmer Maiara Walsh, American actress Maiara Carla Henrique Pereira, Brazilian singer-songwriter, member of Maiara & Maraisa Maiara Carolina Niehues, Brazilian professional footballer
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tupi
- Portuguese
The Story of Maiara
American parents first put Maiara on the record books as a baby girl name in 2007, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 11 Maiaras were born — ranking #9,409 that year. About 54% of every Maiara on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Maiara last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 82 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maiara
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Names that sound like Maiara
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About the name Maiara
Maiara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 82 births in the dataset. Maiara's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #9,409. Use the chart and map above to compare Maiara'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 .
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