Mya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #44 in 2009, and it stood at #247 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1365
1998	#597
1999	#394
2000	#375
2001	#117
2002	#133
2003	#143
2004	#106
2005	#161
2006	#132
2007	#111
2008	#108
2009	#100
2010	#106
2011	#105
2012	#104
2013	#123
2014	#138
2015	#114
2016	#134
2017	#144
2018	#126
2019	#135
2020	#157
2021	#182
2022	#156
2023	#208
2024	#192

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #110 among girls in Northern Ireland, #126 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #184 among girls in Scotland, #192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 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 recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #44 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2001–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #247 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Mya appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 10,090 births with the name.

Mya across 4 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.

Mya'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	#1646 (1996)	#100 (2009)	#192 (2024)	29 of 29	10,090 (1996–2024)	554 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#536 (2000)	#113 (2006)	#247 (2025)	26 of 26	896 (2000–2025)	54 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#139 (2001)	#44 (2009)	#110 (2024)	24 of 24	696 (2001–2024)	55 (2009)
New Zealand · Girls	#70 (2002)	#53 (2005)	#64 (2008)	6 of 7	352 (2002–2008)	64 (2008)

Mya 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 Mya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	148	4 of 10	37
2000s	3,942	10 of 10	394
2010sbusiest	4,596	10 of 10	460
2020s	1,404	5 of 10	281

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 460 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births rose by 314, from 86 to 400.

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

Mya 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Mya'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	#192	252	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#208	237	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#156	315	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#182	280	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#157	320	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#135	369	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#126	410	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#144	374	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#134	421	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#114	515	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#138	395	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#123	457	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#104	550	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#105	551	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#106	554	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#100	550	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#108	508	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#111	479	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#132	412	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#161	317	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#106	498	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#143	343	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#133	349	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#117	400	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#375	86	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#394	82	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#597	43	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#64	64	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#88	50	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#63	63	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#53	62	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#67	59	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#70	54	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#110	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#126	16	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#152	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#81	27	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#149	13	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#89	24	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#95	26	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#60	39	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#77	33	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#64	38	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#69	34	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#63	36	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#49	50	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#54	48	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#51	51	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#44	55	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#51	47	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#64	35	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#86	25	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#114	17	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#97	19	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#156	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	36	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	24	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	27	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	21	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	35	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	37	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	31	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	33	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	52	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	53	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	44	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	54	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	54	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	50	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	47	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	49	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	42	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	47	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	50	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	27	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#184	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 2009.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 554 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Eira · #44, 35y
Faith · #42, 30y
Ryder · #46, 25y
Callie · #47, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Curtis · #44, 33y
Destiny · #44, 29y
Pippa · #44, 30y
Caelan · #43, 30y

Mya was ranked #44 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2009. 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.

Mya 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 Mya without appearing here.

Mya moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1365 and #2738.
Janet Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1365 and #1045 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #597 and #1571.
Jude Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1365 and #1234 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #597 and #1571.
Carol Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1365 and #897 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #597 and #1480.

Moved ahead of Mya

Summer Compare
In 2024 they stood at #126 and #156 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #247 and #115.
Bonnie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #89 and #107 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #149 and #71.
Maya Compare
In 2019 they stood at #89 and #94 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #149 and #78.
Ruby Compare
In 2004 they stood at #97 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #114 and #51.

Moved the opposite way to Mya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Mya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mya went from #1646 to #192 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mya

Mya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mya across 4 official records

Mya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mya and the names beside it

Mya moved ahead of

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Mya at a glance

Mya across 4 official records

Mya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mya 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 Mya

Mya and the names beside it

Mya moved ahead of

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