girls:
7.8k births since 1965
#1843 (68th percentile)
overall:
7.8k births since 1965
#3055 (61st percentile)
The name Miya is the #3,055 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,784 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 60.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,843 (67.8% percentile) for all time with 7,784 births since 1965.
Miya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (first recorded for girls in 1965). Birth data for Miya is available in 58 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Miya reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 31.1% percentile (ranked #680) with 151 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 155 births per million (ranked 30.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Miya ranks #780 for girls (17.7% percentile) with 98 births per million, which is 63.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Miya".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Miya", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 24 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Mia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Mia..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Miya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Miya is pronounced as MEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-yuh, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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