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Miley

#338 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Miley has been given to 15,779 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #338 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 2,652 recorded.

Babies named Miley, 2025

1 in 3,680

Miley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
01K2K3K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Miley: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Miley means

Miley is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Popularised as a female name by American pop singer Miley Ray Cyrus (nicknamed Miley from "smiley").

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Miley (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Miley is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Miley is pronounced /ˈmaɪli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15,704 girls were recorded with the name Miley between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 2,652 in 2008; its best national rank was #129 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #743 in 2020 to #338 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,017 in 2015 to #338 in 2025.

In the United States, 75 boys were recorded with the name Miley between 1915 and 1957. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1927; its best national rank was #3,077 in 1927.

How common is Miley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,680
900 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 1,790
0.06% of girls
Rank, 2025
#338
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,554 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Miley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50013%

Put another way: gather 2,554 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Miley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mileys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Miley was born before 2011 — so the typical Miley is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
15,646
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.7% of all recorded uses (6,077).

Is Miley rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+50
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+405
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+679
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.42×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.9%
Peak was 2008 (2,652)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
82.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#129
2008

Spellings of Miley

Miley is not the most common spelling — Emily is, with 36.2% against Miley's 0.63%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Miley is used

Across 2016–2025, Miley was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 1,333 girls, against 1 in 2,993 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in 7,692).

1375 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 1,333
  2. 2Idaho1 in 1,538
  3. 3Missouri1 in 1,639
  4. 4Iowa1 in 1,724
  5. 5Indiana1 in 1,724
  6. 6North Dakota1 in 1,754
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 1,887
  8. 8Ohio1 in 1,923

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Miley is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 23% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Miley around the world

Where Miley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2025
    #214
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2025
    #157
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2008–2025
    #177
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2009–2025
    #608
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2025
    #2,639
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #536
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2008–2013
    #403
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Miley

People whose public names include Miley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Miley in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Miley. Linked forms have their own page here.

MilyMyleeMylieMayleeMyleenSmileyMileena

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Miley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#338
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 405
Best rank ever
#129
2008
Peak year
2008
2,652 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
15,704
Count in 2025
900

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,077
1927
Peak year
1927
9 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
1957
All-time count
75
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Miley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MilanMilaniKaleyKileyMilenaMillyMilanaMilahMillieMillaOakleyCarleyAdleyKinleyMilleyAnsleyFinleyMilaMillerKaileyKayleyMilagrosKarleyHarley

Names with a curve like Miley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Miley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KimoraJaniyahSaniyahAddysonAzulKadenceGiadaKeiraKaydenceRihannaEstrellaCadence

Sibling names for Miley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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