Myah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Myah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #172 in 2012, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#172highest recorded position
12groupings 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	#1755
1997	#1802
1998	#1571
1999	#985
2000	#782
2001	#685
2002	#785
2003	#731
2004	#736
2005	#1121
2006	#639
2007	#854
2008	#744
2009	#614
2010	#601
2011	#541
2012	#440
2013	#528
2014	#547
2015	#384
2016	#447
2017	#424
2018	#494
2019	#485
2020	#443
2021	#501
2022	#526
2023	#727
2024	#594

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: #594 among girls in England and Wales, #638 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 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 recorded2003–2022
Highest recorded position: #172 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2003–2022).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Myah appears in 3 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 1,703 births with the name.

Myah across 3 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.

Myah'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	#1755 (1996)	#384 (2015)	#594 (2024)	29 of 29	1,703 (1996–2024)	119 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#336 (2020)	#443 (2025)	20 of 21	151 (2005–2025)	12 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#172 (2012)	#305 (2022)	14 of 20	68 (2003–2022)	11 (2012)

Myah 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 Myah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	50	4 of 10	13
2000s	391	10 of 10	39
2010sbusiest	894	10 of 10	89
2020s	368	5 of 10	74

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 89 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 42, from 77 to 119.

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

Myah 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #172 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Myah'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	#594	66	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#727	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#526	74	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#501	84	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#443	94	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#485	85	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#494	87	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#424	104	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#447	98	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#384	119	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#547	77	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#528	79	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#440	103	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#541	77	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#601	65	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#614	61	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#744	47	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#854	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#639	50	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#736	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#731	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#785	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#685	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#782	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #172, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 119 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, 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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Myfanwy · #1296, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Alexia · #170, 30y
Aliyah · #174, 30y
Clementine · #175, 30y
Dakota · #175, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jorgie · #172, 23y
Sarah-Jane · #172, 26y
Codie · #173, 30y
Jaiden · #171, 29y

Myah was ranked #172 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2012. 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.

Myah 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 Myah without appearing here.

Myah moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1571 and #1392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #985 and #2189.
Vicki Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1571 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #985 and #1970.
Sofie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1121 and #1121 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #639 and #1585.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1121 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #639 and #1585.

Moved ahead of Myah

Kylie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #898 and #372.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #601 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #541 and #261.
Maddison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #468 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #665 and #430.
Beau Compare
In 2002 they stood at #785 and #809 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #731 and #545.

Moved the opposite way to Myah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Myah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myah went from #1755 to #594 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #172 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Myah

Myah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Myah across 3 official records

Myah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Myah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Myah moved ahead of

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Myah at a glance

Myah across 3 official records

Myah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Myah 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 Myah

Myah and the names beside it

Myah moved ahead of

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