Miya Girl
How popular is Miya?
#1,673 girl name in 2025
123 baby girls were named Miya in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
Miya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,673 for girls (▼ 267 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #970 in 2015, #1,152 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (319 girls) |
| Highest rank | #875 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1965 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Miya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Miya family of names ranked #1,093 for girls in 2025 (#910 the year before), with 178 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Miya | 123 | 69% |
| Miyah | 40 | 22% |
| Myiah | 7 | 4% |
| Miia | 8 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Miya is most popular
Babies named Miya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.9 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (107 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Miya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28 | #4,492 |
| 1970s | 209 | #2,248 |
| 1980s | 420 | #1,886 |
| 1990s | 1,185 | #892 |
| 2000s | 2,543 | #875 |
| 2010s | 2,637 | #877 |
| 2020s | 1,049 | #1,152 |
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Questions
- Is Miya a boy or girl name?
- Miya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Miya were girls.
- How popular is the name Miya?
- 123 baby girls were named Miya in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
- When was Miya most popular?
- Miya peaked in 2007, when 319 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #875 in 2007.
- How many people are named Miya?
- 8,071 babies have been named Miya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,986 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Miya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Miya was most common in Hawaii, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.