Miah — #1081 US girls' name
9,435 babies named Miah in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Miah was born in this single decade.
499 babies were named Miah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Miah
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,435 babies named Miah between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Miah currently holds the #1081 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 499 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Miah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Miah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,541 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Miah in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Miah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,435 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Miah at a glance
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Current rank
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Miah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2012)
- 499
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #1081 among girls.
9,435 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 499 births in a single year.
Miah popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1999 (Miah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Miah accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Miah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,284 births that decade — 45% of Miah's all-time total
Miah decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,284 births
- Runner-up 3,076 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Miah's strongest decade
4,284 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Miah by state
Where Miah concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,541 | 16.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,133 | 12.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 564 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 472 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 317 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 313 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 290 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 264 | 2.8% |
1,541 of 9,435 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.3% of nationwide
- Texas 12.0% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Miah appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.