Meyah
Feminine
Meyah sits between two names that look like relatives and are not: Maya and Mia. Said MAY-a it rhymes with Maya, said MEE-a it matches Mia, and its spelling can lean either way.
How old is the name Meyah?
Meyah first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Meyah alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 500 people named Meyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Meyah most popular?
Meyah peaked in 2013, reaching #3778 nationally. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Meyah
Meyah stands where two roads cross. One road runs back through Mia to Maria and the long line of Marys; the other runs through Maya to India and to Greece, and never meets the first. Meyah takes the M both roads share, adds an ey that can lean either way, and closes with the silent h that Hannah and Sarah end on. The result belongs to both neighborhoods and to neither family.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Meyah has no recorded meaning. Mia began as a short form of Maria; Maya has several separate sources, among them the Sanskrit word for illusion and the Greek Maia. Meyah can borrow from either only as a neighbor, since nothing records which one it respells.
Pronouncing Meyah
MAY-uh
Many readers will rhyme it with Maya; MEE-a, like Mia, is just as natural. The final h is silent.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1997
- Most girls named
- 201340 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3778reached in 2013
- Change vs 2022
- +60.0%8 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Meyahs among us
people named Meyah are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Meyah sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and soft: two syllables, one stress.
- Close in sound to Maya and Mia, both well known.
- Distinctive in writing while familiar in speech.
- Introductions may need a word on whether it is MAY-a or MEE-a, and on the spelling as well.
- Anyone who looks it up will find the meanings of Maya or Mia. Those belong to separate names, and Meyah is honestly a spelling of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Meyahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Meyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Meyah in 2025?
- Meyah is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Meyah with classmates?
- Meyah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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