Girls' name · since 1981
Miyah
3,550 babies named Miyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,737 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,550
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
3,550 babies have been named Miyah since 1981, making it today's #3737 girls' name.
Miyah has 3,550 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3737 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #3,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,737 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,550 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miyah ranks #3,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,737 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,550 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,737 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,550
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Miyah's 3,550 recorded births place it above 95.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Miyah compares
3,550 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Miyah's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Miyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,550 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 208 | 21 | 19,840 |
Miyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Miyah's full recorded timeline at 2007, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 208 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Miyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 208
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Miyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,676 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Miyah's strongest decade.
1,676 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Miyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 354
1990s
354 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,069 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,676 births
- 2020s 445
2020s
445 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,676 births (47% of all-time use).
How Miyah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Miyah's total volume
Miyah by state
Where Miyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 312 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 298 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 225 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 122 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 120 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 114 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 104 | 2.9% |
| #8 | New York | | 103 | 2.9% |
312 of 3,550 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Miyah appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Miyah's data
- Miyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (1,676 total births); usage has since declined to 445 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Miyahs (312 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Miyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Miyah 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.