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Mya Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Mya?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Mya, ranked the 197th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Mya has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #98 was reached for the first time in 2005 and as recently as 2009 with 3,409 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Mya was less than 5, most recently in 1963.

Approximately during the years 1967-1970, 1972-1978, 1989-1993, and 1994-2005, the name Mya took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 2009-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Mya has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Mya has been moving upward in popularity. however, the number of children named Mya lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mya?

Currently, the name is at a mid point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Mya is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Mya (Girl)Mya (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 1,545 197 < 5 --
2017 1,735 173 < 5 --
2016 1,912 168 < 5 --
2015 2,201 146 < 5 --
2014 2,402 137 < 5 --
2013 2,697 116 6 11,705
2012 2,546 124 < 5 --
2011 2,860 105 6 11,810
2010 2,997 101 6 11,733
2009 3,409 98 < 5 --
2008 3,338 103 < 5 --
2007 3,323 102 7 10,527
2006 3,355 102 < 5 --
2005 3,206 98 < 5 --
2004 2,895 115 12 6,395
2003 2,952 116 5 12,145
2002 2,281 145 7 9,090
2001 2,189 149 < 5 --
2000 1,839 175 5 11,604
1999 1,885 166 < 5 --
1998 1,284 238 < 5 --
1997 196 995 < 5 --
1996 151 1,200 < 5 --
1995 133 1,271 < 5 --
1994 103 1,520 < 5 --
1993 134 1,278 < 5 --
1992 92 1,656 < 5 --
1991 97 1,581 < 5 --
1990 90 1,652 < 5 --
1989 54 2,237 < 5 --
1988 57 2,067 < 5 --
1987 49 2,219 < 5 --
1986 46 2,254 < 5 --
1985 47 2,215 < 5 --
1984 43 2,283 < 5 --
1983 57 1,849 < 5 --
1982 50 2,070 < 5 --
1981 57 1,901 < 5 --
1980 84 1,452 < 5 --
1979 65 1,701 < 5 --
1978 84 1,392 < 5 --
1977 52 1,915 < 5 --
1976 26 2,911 < 5 --
1975 35 2,348 < 5 --
1974 26 2,811 < 5 --
1973 21 3,197 < 5 --
1972 20 3,242 < 5 --
1971 23 3,033 < 5 --
1970 25 2,833 < 5 --
1969 10 4,936 < 5 --
1968 18 3,129 < 5 --
1967 20 2,837 < 5 --
1966 18 3,007 < 5 --
1965 13 3,674 < 5 --
1964 7 5,834 < 5 --
1963 < 5 -- < 5 --
1962 8 5,159 < 5 --
1961 < 5 -- < 5 --
1960 7 5,535 < 5 --
1959 < 5 -- < 5 --
1958 5 6,726 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.