How rare is the name Miley?

10,711 people in the United States have the first name Miley, about 1 in 28,198. It ranks #2,352 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MILEY

#2,352

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,711
About
1 in 28,198
This common or more
79.5%
Who bears it

Of the 10,711 people named Miley, 55.1% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as Black. 98.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Miley peaked in 2008, when 2,652 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
2,652
In 2025*
900 ▼66%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,779 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Miley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #941. The largest share of babies named Miley, 59%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,9395
1910s#8,67317
1920s#6,43671
1930s#9,37516
1940s#10,47012
1950s#13,6877
1960s#14,95510
1980s#18,23229
1990s#21,81136
2000s#9415,924
2010s#9986,077
2020s#1,0233,570
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–960.2%
Generation Z 1997–1259%
2013 and later39.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Miley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Miley has been most common in Nevada (2.7×), Arizona (2×), and Utah (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.48×).

14,716 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Miley

2 other first names also have 10,711 people.

#2,352 Joana · 10,711#2,352 Lady · 10,711

Either side of Miley

#2,352 Joana · 10,711#2,352 Lady · 10,711#2,355 Rufus · 10,707#2,356 Sammie · 10,686

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Miley, most common first.

#5,636 Milly · 3,002#15,229 Mile · 758#18,867 Mily · 567#20,543 Milee · 502#38,781 Milea · 197#43,063 Milay · 165#49,963 Milley · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Miley ranks #5,054 of 156,621, with 6,728 people. See Miley as a last name

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