NameTides

Mya

Mya was the #443 girls' name in the US in 2025 (697 babies), and #230 in England & Wales and #258 in Canada.

Mya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mya 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Mya 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#443 (697)#230 (203)#204 (19)#161 (11)#247 (17)#258 (120)
2024#366 (855)#192 (252)#184 (22)#110 (18)#126 (36)#195 (149)
2023#341 (916)#208 (237)#197 (21)#126 (16)#190 (24)#199 (140)
2022#301 (1,061)#156 (315)#186 (23)#152 (13)#181 (27)#129 (205)
2021#271 (1,159)#182 (280)#131 (34)#81 (27)#221 (21)#109 (247)
2020#243 (1,241)#157 (320)#151 (27)#149 (13)#142 (35)#95 (255)
2019#220 (1,402)#135 (369)#117 (40)#89 (24)#146 (37)#91 (287)
2018#194 (1,564)#126 (410)#104 (45)#95 (26)#169 (31)#86 (303)
2017#172 (1,753)#144 (374)#83 (53)#60 (39)#162 (33)#85 (324)
2016#167 (1,920)#134 (421)#80 (62)#77 (33)#116 (52)#69 (382)
2015#146 (2,209)#114 (515)#78 (64)#64 (38)#120 (53)#67 (395)
2014#137 (2,409)#138 (395)#68 (77)#69 (34)#133 (44)#50 (491)
2013#116 (2,705)#123 (457)#59 (88)#63 (36)#114 (54)#45 (499)
2012#124 (2,552)#104 (550)#66 (81)#49 (50)#114 (54)#35 (553)
2011#105 (2,864)#105 (551)#60 (96)#54 (48)#129 (50)#32 (638)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #97.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 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 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #505NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #296OHPennsylvania: #321PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #311MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #520TXFlorida: #312FL
Mya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#16865
Quebec2025#31117

Mya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MyaCanadaGirls#258120
MyaEngland & WalesGirls#230203
MyaIrelandGirls#24717
MyaNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
MyaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MyaScotlandGirls#20419
MyaUSGirls#443697
MyaUSBoys—too few