Thirty years of Maia
Maia in numbers
Maia has risen from 30 girls in 1996 to 255 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 309 in 2018. Its biggest three-year rise came between 1998 and 2001, from 96 to 240. On average it was given to 90 girls a year in the late 1990s, 222 in the 2000s, 233 in the 2010s and 257 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+0%254 to 255
- 5 years-1%257 to 255
- 10 years+8%237 to 255
- 20 years+46%175 to 255
- Since 1996×930 to 255
- Total, 1996 to 20256,451girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 197 · ONS · 254 in 2024
Rank 256 · NRS · 25 in 2024
Rank 290 · NISRA · 6 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =197 | 255 | +0% | 1 in 1,116 |
| 2024 | =190 | 254 | +0% | 1 in 1,141 |
| 2023 | 196 | 253 | -10% | 1 in 1,138 |
| 2022 | =184 | 280 | +15% | 1 in 1,053 |
| 2021 | 210 | 243 | -5% | 1 in 1,254 |
| 2020 | 193 | 257 | +14% | 1 in 1,165 |
| 2019 | =218 | 225 | -27% | 1 in 1,383 |
| 2018 | 176 | 309 | +37% | 1 in 1,034 |
| 2017 | =224 | 226 | +3% | 1 in 1,465 |
| 2016 | 236 | 219 | -8% | 1 in 1,549 |
| 2015 | =220 | 237 | +14% | 1 in 1,433 |
| 2014 | =238 | 207 | +0% | 1 in 1,635 |
| 2013 * | =240 | 207 | -11% | 1 in 1,650 |
| 2012 | =215 | 232 | +2% | 1 in 1,532 |
| 2011 | =218 | 228 | -3% | 1 in 1,548 |
| 2010 | =214 | 236 | -9% | 1 in 1,492 |
| 2009 | 198 | 258 | -10% | 1 in 1,334 |
| 2008 | =182 | 287 | +14% | 1 in 1,205 |
| 2007 | =205 | 251 | +16% | 1 in 1,337 |
| 2006 | 225 | 216 | +23% | 1 in 1,515 |
| 2005 | =255 | 175 | -5% | 1 in 1,801 |
| 2004 | =244 | 185 | -17% | 1 in 1,683 |
| 2003 | =211 | 223 | +19% | 1 in 1,359 |
| 2002 | =224 | 188 | -22% | 1 in 1,543 |
| 2001 | 176 | 240 | +20% | 1 in 1,208 |
| 2000 | 213 | 200 | +18% | 1 in 1,474 |
| 1999 | 240 | 170 | +77% | 1 in 1,780 |
| 1998 | =349 | 96 | +50% | n/a |
| 1997 | =456 | 64 | +113% | 1 in 4,899 |
| 1996 | =753 | 30 | 1 in 10,533 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate