Miah

Girl name

Miah has been given to 9,593 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It peaked in 2012.

Meaning & origin

Anglicized from Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), itself borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān). Doublet of Miya.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

9,593

Peak year

2012 (499 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1974

10-year trend

▼ -69%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Miah.

9,594 babies since 1969

9,567 babies since 1880

9,654 babies since 1886

9,659 babies since 1977

9,508 babies since 1984

9,435 babies since 1988

9,426 babies since 1956

9,769 babies since 1980

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