Miyah
Recorded 1981–2025 · United States
Miyah was most popular in 2012, when 208 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,130 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,550 people named Miyah.
Miyah over time
How old is the name Miyah?
Miyah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1981, which makes it about 44 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 45 years since.
How many people are named Miyah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,550 American births named Miyah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,520 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Miyah in 2025?
40 American babies were named Miyah in 2025, ranking #6,507 that year.
Is Miyah getting more or less popular?
Miyah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 69 births a year, against 187 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -63% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Miyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Miyah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,550 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Miyah?
Roughly 3,520 Americans named Miyah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 10 and 20. That is a narrow band because Miyah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Miyah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org