How Many People Are Named Mya?
people named Mya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,532 people in the US has this name
Based on 62,363 babies named Mya in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,415 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mya (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mya alive today is about 16 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mya first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2009, to 3,415 babies. In 2025, 697 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mya never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #97, in 2009, and it was in the top 100 in 2 years between 2005 and 2009. In 2025 it ranked #444.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #444 |
| Best rank | #97 (2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | 2 (2005 to 2009) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #114 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mya were born in California than in any other state: about 5,400 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mya was given 2.8 times as often in North Dakota, 2.8 times in South Dakota and 2.3 times in Rhode Island.
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