Recorded 1889–2025 · United States
Miley was most popular in 2008, when 2,652 American babies were given the name — ranking #283 that year. In 2025 it ranked #713, with 900 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 15,779 people named Miley.
Miley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1889, which makes it about 136 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 137 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 15,779 American births named Miley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 15,549 are estimated to be alive today.
900 American babies were named Miley in 2025, ranking #713 that year.
Miley is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 640 births a year, against 669 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -4% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Miley is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 15,779 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 15,549 Americans named Miley are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 7 and 18. That is a narrow band: Miley arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org