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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#172 · 1 in 483
- Indiana#561 · 1 in 2,345
- Florida#607 · 1 in 2,976
- Massachusetts#675 · 1 in 3,450
- New York#756 · 1 in 3,743
Best ever in a state: #143 in North Dakota, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #172 | 5 | 1 in 483 |
| Indiana | #561 | 12 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Florida | #607 | 29 | 1 in 2,976 |
| Massachusetts | #675 | 7 | 1 in 3,450 |
| New York | #756 | 21 | 1 in 3,743 |
| California | #794 | 38 | 1 in 4,359 |
| Arizona | #848 | 7 | 1 in 4,006 |
| New Jersey | #1,058 | 6 | 1 in 6,046 |
| Washington | #1,081 | 5 | 1 in 5,816 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,234 | 6 | 1 in 7,722 |
| Ohio | #1,251 | 6 | 1 in 7,799 |
| Texas | #1,378 | 18 | 1 in 9,076 |
| Georgia | #1,538 | 5 | 1 in 9,102 |
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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 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 7,075 of them was named Miah, which outranked 93.9% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).