Maja
Maja is a name with multiple cultural origins: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak.
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
- German
Meaning & Origin of Maja
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maja is a name with multiple cultural origins: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
- German
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Hungarian
- Macedonian
- Czech
- Slovak
The Story of Maja
Maja first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1953, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 84 births, good for #2,316 nationwide. About 31% of every Maja on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maja ranks #4,207 for baby girls with 34 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Maja
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maja. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Maja
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About the name Maja
Maja is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Maja's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,297. Use the chart and map above to compare Maja'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.