Mya
#443 for girls in 2025, 697 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #10,728
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 3,415 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 62,305since 1954
Mya over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #443 | 697 | — | |
| 2024 | #366 | 855 | — | |
| 2023 | #341 | 916 | — | |
| 2022 | #301 | 1,061 | — | |
| 2021 | #271 | 1,159 | — | |
| 2020 | #243 | 1,241 | — | |
| 2019 | #220 | 1,402 | — | |
| 2018 | #194 | 1,564 | — | |
| 2017 | #172 | 1,753 | — | |
| 2016 | #167 | 1,920 | — | |
| 2015 | #146 | 2,209 | — | |
| 2014 | #137 | 2,409 | — | |
| 2013 | #116 | 2,705 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #124 | 2,552 | — | |
| 2011 | #105 | 2,864 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #101 | 2,999 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #97 | 3,415 | — | |
| 2008 | #103 | 3,339 | — | |
| 2007 | #102 | 3,325 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #102 | 3,356 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #98 | 3,208 | — | |
| 2004 | #116 | 2,896 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #116 | 2,952 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #145 | 2,281 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #149 | 2,189 | — | |
| 2000 | #175 | 1,839 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #166 | 1,885 | — | |
| 1998 | #238 | 1,284 | — | |
| 1997 | #993 | 196 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,186 | 152 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,265 | 133 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,511 | 103 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,271 | 134 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,643 | 92 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,575 | 97 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,644 | 90 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,839 | 57 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,386 | 84 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
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| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mya! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mya is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#57 · 1 in 220
- Mississippi#60 · 1 in 297
- Louisiana#96 · 1 in 428
- Alabama#121 · 1 in 535
- South Carolina#133 · 1 in 600
Best ever in a state: #18 in South Dakota, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #57 | 16 | 1 in 220 |
| Mississippi | #60 | 41 | 1 in 297 |
| Louisiana | #96 | 51 | 1 in 428 |
| Alabama | #121 | 39 | 1 in 535 |
| South Carolina | #133 | 28 | 1 in 600 |
| North Carolina | #140 | 61 | 1 in 690 |
| Georgia | #163 | 60 | 1 in 742 |
| South Dakota | #166 | 5 | 1 in 581 |
| Tennessee | #170 | 38 | 1 in 803 |
| Michigan | #184 | 54 | 1 in 954 |
| Ohio | #190 | 62 | 1 in 994 |
| Illinois | #196 | 75 | 1 in 939 |
| Minnesota | #198 | 25 | 1 in 1,011 |
| Arkansas | #202 | 13 | 1 in 915 |
| Maryland | #210 | 24 | 1 in 998 |
| Florida | #211 | 70 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Missouri | #213 | 27 | 1 in 1,100 |
| New York | #221 | 86 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Wisconsin | #223 | 22 | 1 in 1,146 |
| New Mexico | #226 | 10 | 1 in 847 |
| Connecticut | #231 | 14 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Virginia | #234 | 30 | 1 in 1,130 |
| Indiana | #235 | 28 | 1 in 1,181 |
| West Virginia | #242 | 6 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Pennsylvania | #244 | 44 | 1 in 1,325 |
| Oregon | #247 | 16 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Iowa | #253 | 11 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Oklahoma | #262 | 14 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Kentucky | #284 | 13 | 1 in 1,569 |
| Kansas | #295 | 9 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Nevada | #301 | 7 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Texas | #302 | 89 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Massachusetts | #313 | 17 | 1 in 1,877 |
| New Jersey | #354 | 20 | 1 in 2,074 |
| Washington | #383 | 15 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Arizona | #437 | 13 | 1 in 2,247 |
| California | #450 | 85 | 1 in 2,600 |
| Colorado | #515 | 8 | 1 in 2,782 |
| Utah | #586 | 5 | 1 in 3,303 |
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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 Mya
- 77 spots since 2024 (#366 → #443)
- 200 spots since 2020 (#243 → #443)
- 297 spots since 2015 (#146 → #443)
- Biggest jump: 755 spots in 1998 (#993 → #238)
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 2025 (#366 → #443)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2009 at #97 (3,415 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · 2005–2009
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Highest: 1 in 538 girls born in 2009 were named Mya (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,306 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 46.2% of all girls named Mya (28,800) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,753 (1954) | #5,928 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,781 (1967) | #4,083 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,386 (1978) | #2,488 |
| 1980s | 546 | #1,448 (1980) | #2,034 |
| 1990s | 4,166 | #166 (1999) | #1,149 |
| 2000s | 28,800 | #97 (2009) | #120 |
| 2010s | 22,377 | #101 (2010) | #148 |
| 2020s | 5,929 | #243 (2020) | #328 |
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.
Mya in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 1,376 of them was named Mya, which outranked 98.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).