Miyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Miyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #909 in 2015, and it stood at #1,262 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#909highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2004	#2112
2005	#2682
2006	#2320
2007	#1741
2008	#2721
2009	#1752
2010	#1653
2011	#1295
2012	#1342
2013	#1484
2014	#1367
2015	#909
2016	#916
2017	#1144
2018	#1013
2019	#1316
2020	#1065
2021	#1286
2022	#1142
2023	#1640
2024	#1262

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #909 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Miyah 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 Miyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	79	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	278	10 of 10	28
2020s	129	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Miyah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #909 in England and Wales in 2015.

Miyah'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	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1286	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1316	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#909	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1367	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1295	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #909, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,262position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
40births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 births →

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.

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Miya · #281, 30y
Mj · #343, 10y
Moana · #2340, 9y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aamna · #909, 29y
Mehak · #909, 27y
Samah · #909, 29y
Olympia · #910, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aamna · #909, 29y
Mehak · #909, 27y
Samah · #909, 29y
Avaani · #910, 20y

Miyah was ranked #909 in England and Wales · Girls in 2015. 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.

Miyah 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 Miyah without appearing here.

Miyah moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1653 and #4688.
Maren Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #5061.
Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #4598.
Geraldine Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1752 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Miyah

Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1013 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1316 and #1063.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2112 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2682 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Miyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Miyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miyah went from #3126 to #1262 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #909 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Miyah

Miyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Miyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Miyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Miyah and the names beside it

Miyah moved ahead of

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Miyah at a glance

Miyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Miyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Miyah

Miyah and the names beside it

Miyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Miyah

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