NameTides

Miah

Miah was the #1,484 girls' name in the US in 2025 (144 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Miah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Miah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Miah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,484 (144)#1,271 (25)——#544 (6)#1,668 (14)
2024#1,083 (229)#2,254 (12)#384 (8)——#2,259 (9)
2023#1,107 (222)#1,108 (30)—#328 (4)#856 (3)#1,491 (15)
2022#1,084 (231)#1,245 (26)#760 (3)—#634 (5)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,072 (234)#1,039 (33)#792 (3)—#661 (5)#1,381 (17)
2020#1,058 (235)#928 (38)—#397 (3)—#1,662 (13)
2019#866 (309)#1,039 (33)#765 (3)—#716 (4)#1,138 (22)
2018#819 (331)#806 (47)#415 (8)—#568 (6)#1,259 (19)
2017#797 (344)#764 (52)#501 (6)—#579 (6)#1,382 (17)
2016#626 (477)#861 (43)#413 (8)#440 (3)#661 (5)#1,230 (20)
2015#615 (470)#722 (55)#416 (8)—#660 (5)#864 (31)
2014#619 (463)#920 (40)#306 (13)—#584 (6)#808 (34)
2013#585 (488)#684 (58)#449 (7)—#747 (4)#972 (27)
2012#584 (499)#639 (65)#294 (15)#268 (7)#371 (13)#931 (28)
2011#586 (492)#583 (69)#394 (9)#311 (5)#695 (5)#705 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #584.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Miah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,500 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Miah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Miah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MiahCanadaGirls#1,66814
MiahEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
MiahIrelandGirls#5446
MiahIrelandBoys—too few
MiahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MiahScotlandGirls—too few
MiahUSGirls#1,484144
MiahUSBoys—too few