Mija

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mija: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mija: Recorded since 2005, it reached #752 in 2014, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#752highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2010	#2392
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 17 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2014: #752 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4684 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2014
Highest recorded position: #752 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2006–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mija appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 87 births with the name.

Mija across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mija's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#2392 (2010)	#5891 (2024)	17 of 20	87 (2005–2024)	10 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#752 (2014)	#752 (2014)	6 of 9	20 (2006–2014)	4 (2012)

Mija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mija in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	58	10 of 10	6
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mija appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #752 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Mija's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #752, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mihir · #1248, 27y
Mihran · #1294, 16y
Mika · #238, 33y
Mika'il · #1448, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elizaveta · #752, 22y
Elza · #752, 20y
Lilymae · #752, 17y
Annalee · #751, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Akvile · #752, 10y
Lilymae · #752, 17y
Rori · #751, 14y
Caelyn · #750, 13y

Mija was ranked #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mija and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mija without appearing here.

Mija moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Mija

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1452.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1849.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Mija

Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #4157 to #5891 while Eabha went from #5061 to #1262.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #4157 to #5891 while Marilyn went from #3116 to #1541.
Meabh Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #4157 to #5891 while Meabh went from #2781 to #952.
Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #3218 to #5891 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.

Moved the same way as Mija

Evan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #4157 to #5891 and Evan from #3548 to #5891.
Kari Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #4157 to #5891 and Kari from #2781 to #5891.
Kristine Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #4157 to #5891 and Kristine from #3548 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mija went from #3536 to #5891 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #752 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mija

Mija at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mija across 2 official records

Mija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mija appears in

Popularity data

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Mija at a glance

Mija across 2 official records

Mija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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