Mya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #226 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #443 for girls
Mya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 226th for girls in the UK (233 babies) and 443rd for girls in the US (697 babies).
What does Mya mean?
Modern: spelling linked to both Mia and Maya
A modern spelling that sits between Mia, a pet form of Maria, and Maya, which has Sanskrit and Greek roots.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mya a girl's or a boy's name?
Mya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 233 girls in the UK and 697 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #226among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 233about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 233 girls in the UK were named Mya, making it the 226th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 160th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 711 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Mya than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Mya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,115 girls in the UK were given Mya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #226 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 230th in England and Wales, 204th in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.
Mya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 233 | #226 |
| 2024 | 292 | #187 |
| 2023 | 274 | #199 |
| 2022 | 351 | #158 |
| 2021 | 341 | #173 |
| 2020 | 360 | #160 |
| 2019 | 433 | #133 |
| 2018 | 481 | #125 |
| 2017 | 466 | #132 |
| 2016 | 516 | #127 |
| 2015 | 617 | #107 |
| 2014 | 506 | #124 |
| 2013 | 581 | #106 |
| 2012 | 681 | #94 |
| 2011 | 695 | #97 |
| 2010 | 711 | #93 |
| 2009 | 699 | #93 |
| 2008 | 637 | #96 |
| 2007 | 579 | #103 |
| 2006 | 499 | #120 |
| 2005 | 380 | #159 |
| 2004 | 559 | #107 |
| 2003 | 399 | #143 |
| 2002 | 381 | #139 |
| 2001 | 439 | #124 |
| 2000 | 93 | #391 |
| 1999 | 87 | #405 |
| 1998 | 45 | #628 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Mya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #443among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 697about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 697 girls in the US were named Mya, making it the 443rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 243rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 3,415 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mya than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Mya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,471 girls in the US were given Mya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #443 for this spelling alone.
Mya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 697 | #443 |
| 2024 | 855 | #366 |
| 2023 | 916 | #341 |
| 2022 | 1,061 | #301 |
| 2021 | 1,159 | #271 |
| 2020 | 1,241 | #243 |
| 2019 | 1,402 | #220 |
| 2018 | 1,564 | #194 |
| 2017 | 1,753 | #172 |
| 2016 | 1,920 | #167 |
| 2015 | 2,209 | #146 |
| 2014 | 2,409 | #137 |
| 2013 | 2,705 | #116 |
| 2012 | 2,552 | #124 |
| 2011 | 2,864 | #105 |
| 2010 | 2,999 | #101 |
| 2009 | 3,415 | #97 |
| 2008 | 3,339 | #103 |
| 2007 | 3,325 | #102 |
| 2006 | 3,356 | #102 |
| 2005 | 3,208 | #98 |
| 2004 | 2,896 | #116 |
| 2003 | 2,952 | #116 |
| 2002 | 2,281 | #145 |
| 2001 | 2,189 | #149 |
| 2000 | 1,839 | #175 |
| 1999 | 1,885 | #166 |
| 1998 | 1,284 | #238 |
| 1997 | 196 | #992 |
| 1996 | 152 | #1,184 |
| 1995 | 133 | #1,262 |
| 1994 | 103 | #1,507 |
| 1993 | 134 | #1,269 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | 97 | #1,569 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,640 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 57 | #2,046 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,171 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,838 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,867 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,386 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Mya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Anaya Arya Hana Raya Aisha Safa Amaya Maryam Zainab Amira Yusra
Other spellings of Mya
Maya Maia Maja Myah Maiya Mayah Myia Maaya Maiah Maiyah Myiah
Names related to Mya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mya, updated 20 October 2026.