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Maitreyi

#16,369 in 2025Girls' name

From Sanskrit मैत्रेयी; literal meaning unconfirmed

Maitreyi has been given to 50 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #16,369 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Maitreyi, 2025

1 in 663,000

Maitreyi over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maitreyi: meaning, origin, and history

From Sanskrit मैत्रेयी; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sanskrit

What Maitreyi means

Maitreyi is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Maitreyi is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Maitreyi comes through Sanskrit मैत्रेयी.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 50 girls were recorded with the name Maitreyi between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2023; its best national rank was #10,840 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,731 in 2020 to #16,369 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 Maitreyi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,369
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maitreyi 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maitreyi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maitreyis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maitreyi was born before 2017 — so the typical Maitreyi is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
44.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
50
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2020s — 44.0% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Maitreyi 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,638
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
55.6%
Peak was 2023 (9)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#10,840
2023

Maitreyi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,369
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,638
Best rank ever
#10,840
2023
Peak year
2023
9 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
50
Count in 2025
5

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

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

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