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Miley

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Miley is ranked 387th among girls in 2024 (813 births). Its best rank was 129th, in 2008.

Rank in 2024
#387up 62 from 2023
Births in 2024
8130.05% of girls
Peak year
20082,652 births
Best rank
#129in 2008
Since 1889
14,797people given the name
Babies named Miley, by year of birthgirls
01.3k2.5k3.8k5k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

14,797 girls have been named Miley in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 2,652 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Miley
1880s5
1890s5
1910s5
1920s33
1930s5
1940s5
1960s10
1980s29
1990s36
2000s5,924
2010s6,075
2020s2,665

In 2008, its biggest year

Miley was the 129th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.

Names that rose and fell with Miley

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.