Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Maija

#6,277 most common girls' name of all time · #10,600 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2025

Rank among girls
#6,277
Rank overall
#10,600 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,189
Since 2016
113
Peak year
1999 #2,451
Best rank
#2,451 1999
Girls Boys peak 59/yr
1960198020002020

Maija first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 — 8 #11,120
2024 9 — 9 #10,428
2023 16 — 16 #6,990
2022 10 — 10 #9,806
2021 9 — 9 #10,442
2020 10 — 10 #9,690
2019 11 — 11 #9,225
2018 19 — 19 #6,312
2017 6 — 6 #14,392
2016 15 — 15 #7,681
2015 11 — 11 #9,597
2014 16 — 16 #7,369
2013 22 — 22 #5,880
2012 25 — 25 #5,430
2011 21 — 21 #6,191
2010 18 — 18 #6,973
2009 29 — 29 #4,970
2008 36 — 36 #4,293
2007 34 — 34 #4,410
2006 29 — 29 #4,843
2005 31 — 31 #4,403
2004 34 — 34 #4,116
2003 47 — 47 #3,151
2002 24 — 24 #4,950
2001 38 — 38 #3,502
2000 33 — 33 #3,828
1999 59 — 59 #2,451
1998 34 — 34 #3,522
1997 35 — 35 #3,323
1996 21 — 21 #4,786
1995 28 — 28 #3,819
1994 19 — 19 #5,087
1993 24 — 24 #4,303
1992 14 — 14 #6,419
1991 15 — 15 #6,046
1990 8 — 8 #9,477
1989 9 — 9 #8,246
1988 19 — 19 #4,557
1987 8 — 8 #8,217
1986 13 — 13 #5,561
1985 11 — 11 #6,188
1984 15 — 15 #4,838
1983 9 — 9 #6,921
1982 16 — 16 #4,612
1981 7 — 7 #8,419
1980 17 — 17 #4,432
1979 18 — 18 #4,134
1978 14 — 14 #4,793
1977 20 — 20 #3,690
1976 21 — 21 #3,356
1975 14 — 14 #4,482
1974 7 — 7 #7,203
1973 21 — 21 #3,197
1972 17 — 17 #3,661
1971 11 — 11 #5,004
1970 13 — 13 #4,399
1968 19 — 19 #3,033
1967 7 — 7 #5,797
1966 7 — 7 #5,605
1965 8 — 8 #5,141
1964 8 — 8 #5,337
1963 6 — 6 #6,344
1962 10 — 10 #4,476
1961 5 — 5 #7,156
1960 5 — 5 #6,983
1958 5 — 5 #6,727
1956 5 — 5 #6,646
1952 6 — 6 #5,541