Miah
#1,484 for girls in 2025, 144 births · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 499 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,583since 1974
Miah over time
Rank among girls' names. Miah has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,484 | 144 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,083 | 229 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,107 | 222 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,084 | 231 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,072 | 234 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,058 | 235 | — | |
| 2019 | #866 | 309 | — | |
| 2018 | #819 | 331 | — | |
| 2017 | #797 | 344 | — | |
| 2016 | #626 | 477 | — | |
| 2015 | #615 | 470 | — | |
| 2014 | #619 | 463 | — | |
| 2013 | #585 | 488 | — | |
| 2012 | #584 | 499 | — | |
| 2011 | #586 | 492 | — | |
| 2010 | #695 | 411 | — | |
| 2009 | #696 | 417 | — | |
| 2008 | #780 | 376 | — | |
| 2007 | #796 | 361 | — | |
| 2006 | #765 | 359 | — | |
| 2005 | #765 | 347 | — | |
| 2004 | #942 | 255 | — | |
| 2003 | #862 | 280 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #832 | 280 | — | |
| 2001 | #981 | 219 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,120 | 182 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,047 | 194 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #1,183 | 157 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,449 | 114 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,669 | 91 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
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| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
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| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Miah! It came in at #8,775, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Miah is popular in 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#289 · 1 in 1,064
- Minnesota#449 · 1 in 2,591
- Wisconsin#520 · 1 in 3,141
- Indiana#558 · 1 in 3,241
- Arizona#572 · 1 in 2,810
Best ever in a state: #143 in North Dakota, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #289 | 6 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Minnesota | #449 | 10 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Wisconsin | #520 | 8 | 1 in 3,141 |
| Indiana | #558 | 10 | 1 in 3,241 |
| Arizona | #572 | 12 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Utah | #584 | 6 | 1 in 3,010 |
| Louisiana | #644 | 6 | 1 in 3,461 |
| Washington | #649 | 8 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Colorado | #667 | 7 | 1 in 3,604 |
| Ohio | #682 | 12 | 1 in 4,857 |
| New Jersey | #733 | 9 | 1 in 4,688 |
| Massachusetts | #792 | 5 | 1 in 6,041 |
| Virginia | #792 | 7 | 1 in 5,148 |
| Florida | #816 | 15 | 1 in 5,321 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 6,136 |
| Texas | #880 | 28 | 1 in 5,646 |
| Georgia | #883 | 9 | 1 in 5,527 |
| Tennessee | #883 | 5 | 1 in 6,080 |
| North Carolina | #946 | 7 | 1 in 6,214 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 7 | 1 in 8,074 |
| New York | #1,058 | 13 | 1 in 7,547 |
| California | #1,077 | 28 | 1 in 8,095 |
| Illinois | #1,156 | 8 | 1 in 8,662 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Miah
- 401 spots since 2024 (#1,083 → #1,484)
- 426 spots since 2020 (#1,058 → #1,484)
- 869 spots since 2015 (#615 → #1,484)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 2005 (#942 → #765)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2020 (#866 → #1,058)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2012 at #584 (499 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2001–2019
- Highest: 1 in 3,529 girls born in 2012 were named Miah (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,162 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 44.7% of all girls named Miah (4,284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42 | #5,213 (1977) | #6,923 |
| 1980s | 94 | #4,746 (1981) | #6,708 |
| 1990s | 792 | #1,047 (1999) | #2,387 |
| 2000s | 3,076 | #696 (2009) | #854 |
| 2010s | 4,284 | #584 (2012) | #679 |
| 2020s | 1,295 | #1,058 (2020) | #1,148 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Miah in 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 6,526 of them was named Miah, which outranked 95.3% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 395,070 of them was named Miah, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,867 names at #10,894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.