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Girl name

Miya

100% girls · 123 born in 2025

Miya has been given to about 8,071 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2007, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables1
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 7,993
Median age today18 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Miya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2007 · 319
  • Born in 2025123
  • All time8,071
  • England & Wales, 202531

How popular is Miya?

Its best year was 2007, when 319 babies were given the name, ranking 877th. The typical living American called Miya is about 18 years old today. It is relatively most common in Hawaii, where it accounts for 0.10% of births.

Names that sound like Miya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Mia0.89
  2. Mya0.88
  3. Amiya0.77
  4. Mila0.75
  5. Maiya0.77
  6. Riya0.77
  7. Diya0.77
  8. Niya0.77

Middle names for Miya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Miya Noelle0.83
  2. Miya Belle0.83
  3. Miya Josephine0.80
  4. Miya Violet0.79
  5. Miya Della0.79
  6. Miya Catherine0.77

Sibling names for Miya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Palomasister · 0.98
  2. Abdullahbrother · 0.97
  3. Blazebrother · 0.97
  4. Samirasister · 0.97
  5. Alonsobrother · 0.97
  6. Azariasister · 0.96

Where Miya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Hawaii0.10%
  2. Georgia0.01%
  3. Michigan0.01%
  4. Illinois0.01%
  5. Tennessee0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Miya Wilson0.75
  2. Miya Williams0.75
  3. Miya Turner0.75
  4. Miya Torres0.75
  5. Miya Thompson0.75
  6. Miya Thomas0.75

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Miya

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Miya across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.