Miya
A girls’ name of Japanese origin, meaning temple, shrine.
Babies a year
258
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1079
31 babies
How Miya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #971 |
| 2016 | #954 |
| 2017 | #998 |
Miya by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Miya. In the US, 258 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 318 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Miya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
- Mirawonderful, admirable135 in England and Wales (2025)
- Minafish100 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Miya
Names that are said the same way as Miya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Miya
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