Total births
21
Girls' name · since 1998
Myja
21 babies named Myja in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 21
- total births
- 1998–2004
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
21 girls have been named Myja since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Myja has 21 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2004.
- 21 total births
- 1998–2004 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
21 girls have been named Myja since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2004.
- 21
- total births
- 1998–2004
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
62% of everyone ever named Myja was born in this single decade.
1998
Single peak year
8 babies were named Myja in 1998 - its busiest year on record.
Myja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Myja splits its recorded history at 2001: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Myja at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
1998
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1998
Myja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2004
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Myja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Myja's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Myja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (62% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Myja? ▼
Myja has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 1998, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2004. 8 babies were born in 1998, its single highest year.
When was Myja most popular? ▼
Myja was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
How long has the name Myja been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Myja since 1998 -- 7 years through the most recent 2004 data.
What names are similar to Myja? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Myjah, Myjoy. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1998–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Myja: Baby Name Since 1998 - 21 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/myja. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Myja 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 July 2026.