Myah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #801 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,747 for girls
Myah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 801st for girls in the UK (49 babies) and 1,747th for girls in the US (116 babies).
What does Myah mean?
Modern: spelling of Mya, 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 Myah a girl's or a boy's name?
Myah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the UK and 116 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Myah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 801st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were named Myah, making it the 801st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 432nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 134 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Myah than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Myah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,115 girls in the UK were given Myah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #801 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 834th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Myah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #801 |
| 2024 | 70 | #604 |
| 2023 | 56 | #699 |
| 2022 | 84 | #516 |
| 2021 | 101 | #469 |
| 2020 | 109 | #432 |
| 2019 | 95 | #482 |
| 2018 | 102 | #478 |
| 2017 | 116 | #423 |
| 2016 | 115 | #431 |
| 2015 | 134 | #383 |
| 2014 | 92 | #517 |
| 2013 | 93 | #502 |
| 2012 | 129 | #402 |
| 2011 | 90 | #515 |
| 2010 | 76 | #578 |
| 2009 | 71 | #590 |
| 2008 | 51 | #750 |
| 2007 | 47 | #768 |
| 2006 | 54 | #655 |
| 2005 | 28 | #1,004 |
| 2004 | 40 | #759 |
| 2003 | 42 | #720 |
| 2002 | 33 | #812 |
| 2001 | 40 | #701 |
| 2000 | 29 | #854 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Myah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,747th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 116 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were named Myah, making it the 1,747th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,099th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 510 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Myah than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Myah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,471 girls in the US were given Myah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #1,747 for this spelling alone.
Myah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,747 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 188 | #1,274 |
| 2021 | 225 | #1,099 |
| 2020 | 222 | #1,099 |
| 2019 | 288 | #920 |
| 2018 | 351 | #778 |
| 2017 | 370 | #753 |
| 2016 | 445 | #656 |
| 2015 | 417 | #684 |
| 2014 | 390 | #719 |
| 2013 | 441 | #638 |
| 2012 | 474 | #605 |
| 2011 | 505 | #577 |
| 2010 | 463 | #633 |
| 2009 | 510 | #591 |
| 2008 | 508 | #604 |
| 2007 | 489 | #614 |
| 2006 | 447 | #643 |
| 2005 | 370 | #732 |
| 2004 | 326 | #787 |
| 2003 | 361 | #716 |
| 2002 | 342 | #720 |
| 2001 | 296 | #797 |
| 2000 | 269 | #832 |
| 1999 | 276 | #792 |
| 1998 | 273 | #786 |
| 1997 | 129 | #1,332 |
| 1996 | 68 | #2,039 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
Names like Myah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ayah, Hafsa, Hiba, Summer, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Rahma, Safaa, Farah
Other spellings of Myah
Maya, Maia, Mya, Maja, Maiya, Mayah, Myia, Maaya, Maiah, Maiyah, Myiah
Names related to Myah
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, “Myah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/myah, updated 20 October 2026.