Girls' name · since 1989
Miata
Miata has 175 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,198 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Miata sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 175 recorded since 1989.
Miata has 175 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1999.
- #21,198 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miata ranks #21,198 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,198 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Miata's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Miata's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Miata's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Miata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1999
- Peak year (1990)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Miata by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (152 births, 87% of the file).
1990s was Miata's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Miata births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
152 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 152 births (87% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Miata: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Miata draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.