Unisex name · since 2009
Maitreya
Maitreya has 25 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,305 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maitreya sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 25 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Maitreya recorded 25 times among boys since 2009, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2023.
- #27,305 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maitreya ranks #27,305 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,305 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maitreya's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maitreya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maitreya's full recorded timeline at 2018, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maitreya popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2023
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Maitreya popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2007 (Maitreya as girls' name)
Maitreya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Maitreya's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Maitreya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Maitreya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maitreya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maitreya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.