How rare is the name Miah?

7,153 people in the United States have the first name Miah, about 1 in 42,224. It ranks #3,084 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIAH

#3,084

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,153
About
1 in 42,224
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,153 people named Miah, 40.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 34.6% as White and 13.2% as Black. 97.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Miah peaked in 2012, when 499 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
499
In 2025*
144 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,593 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Miah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,276. The largest share of babies named Miah, 51.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#12,90742
1980s#10,41794
1990s#3,114797
2000s#1,5043,081
2010s#1,2764,284
2020s#2,1241,295
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1251.6%
2013 and later43.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Miah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Miah has been most common in Arizona (3.1×), Florida (2.2×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Louisiana (0.28×).

7,542 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Miah

#3,082 Enoch · 7,166#3,083 Jazmyn · 7,165#3,085 Bradly · 7,148#3,086 Yajaira · 7,143

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Miah, most common first.

#254 Mia · 219,780#6,189 Miyah · 2,618#9,048 Miao · 1,567#21,612 Miae · 468

Also a last name

As a last name, Miah ranks #9,453 of 156,621, with 3,294 people. See Miah as a last name

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