Miyo — girls' name
62 babies named Miyo in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Miyo was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Miyo in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Miyo
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Miyo between 1915 and 2008, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Miyo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Miyo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Miyo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Miyo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Miyo 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 62 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.
Miyo at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Miyo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1915
- Peak year (1924)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
62 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 12 births in a single year.
Miyo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 37 births that decade — 60% of Miyo's all-time total
Miyo decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Miyo's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Miyo by state
Where Miyo concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 21.0% |
13 of 62 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 21.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 21.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1915–2008 (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.