Maija
Mezdeh is a village in Tarq Rud Rural District, in the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 203, in 71 families.
- Finnish
- Latvian
Meaning & Origin of Maija
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mezdeh is a village in Tarq Rud Rural District, in the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 203, in 71 families.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Latvian
The Story of Maija
Maija first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1952, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 59 Maijas were born — ranking #2,438 that year. As of 2026, Maija ranks #8,505 for baby girls with 11 births, holding steady (+4%). In total, more than 1K Maijas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maija
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About the name Maija
Maija is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Maija's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #2,438. Use the chart and map above to compare Maija'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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