Mya

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Mya is a primarily feminine given name of uncertain origins. One source considers it to be a 20th-century phonetic spelling of the name Maya or Mia, names that have multiple, different meanings and origins in different languages.

From Wikipedia

Mya first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 11 babies (rank #156 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mya yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Mya

Mýadancer · b. 1979

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2014	6	#280
2015	8	#218
2016	8	#231
2017	11	#156