Mya Girl
How popular is Mya?
#443 girl name in 2025
697 baby girls were named Mya in the US in 2025, making it the 443rd most popular girl name.
Mya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #443 for girls (▼ 77 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 697 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #146 in 2015, #243 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (3,415 girls) |
| Highest rank | #97 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1954 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mia family of names ranked #8 for girls in 2025 (#5 the year before), with 12,035 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mya is most popular
Babies named Mya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 2.3 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Iowa: 1.4 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.3 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.3 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Mya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,751 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,781 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,386 |
| 1980s | 546 | #1,448 |
| 1990s | 4,166 | #166 |
| 2000s | 28,800 | #97 |
| 2010s | 22,377 | #101 |
| 2020s | 5,929 | #243 |
Girl names about as popular as Mya
Questions
- Is Mya a boy or girl name?
- Mya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mya were girls.
- How popular is the name Mya?
- 697 baby girls were named Mya in the US in 2025, making it the 443rd most popular girl name.
- When was Mya most popular?
- Mya peaked in 2009, when 3,415 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #97 in 2009.
- How many people are named Mya?
- 62,363 babies have been named Mya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 61,838 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Mya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mya was most common in South Dakota, at 2.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.