Maiara

#9,239 in 2025Girls' name

Wealth, riches + lord, lady

Maiara has been given to 93 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #9,239 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Maiara, 2025

1 in 301,000

Maiara over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maiara: meaning, origin, and history

Wealth, riches + lord, lady

Old Tupi

What Maiara means

Maiara means “wealth, riches + lord, lady”, associated with ma'e and îara.

Origin, language, and formation

Maiara is used in Portuguese. Its origins include Old Tupi.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Maiara is pronounced /majˈa.ɾɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 93 girls were recorded with the name Maiara between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2016; its best national rank was #9,239 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,606 in 2020 to #9,239 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,675 in 2015 to #9,239 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Maiara?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,239; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maiara sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maiara. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maiaras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maiara was born before 2018 — so the typical Maiara is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 47.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 93; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 47.3% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Maiara rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +5,343; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +7,367; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +6,436; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.83×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2016 (11)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 45.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,239; 2025

Spellings of Maiara

Maiara is not the most common spelling — Tamara is, with 22.8% against Maiara's 0.02%.

Tamara22.8%131,286
Kiara9.9%57,068
Mariana8.0%45,887
Ciara6.1%34,876
Mayra5.8%33,217
Amara5.0%28,982
Mara4.2%24,038
Tiara4.1%23,868

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Maiara by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,239
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 7,367
Best rank ever: #9,239; 2025
Peak year: 2016; 11 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 93
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Maiara

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mailah Maitte Maitri Maidah Maiana Maisel Maislee Maive Maizlee Maislyn Maizley Mairani Maileen Maiza Ishara Niyara Maicey Shiara Maiella Johara Maisen Thiara Mairen Maizah

Sibling names for Maiara

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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