Miley
Girl · MY-lee · Modern
Miley is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 210th for girls in the UK (256 babies) and 338th for girls in the US (900 babies).
What does Miley mean?
Modern: from the nickname Smiley
Popularised by singer Miley Cyrus, whose childhood nickname Smiley was shortened to Miley.
- Say it
- MY-lee
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Is Miley a girl's or a boy's name?
Miley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 256 girls and 8 boys in the UK and 900 girls in the US.
How popular is Miley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #210among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 256about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 256 girls in the UK were named Miley, making it the 210th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 322nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 601 girls. 8 boys were also named Miley in 2025 (2,742nd for boys).
2025 had more girls named Miley than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Miley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 293 girls in the UK were given Miley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #204, up from #210 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 214th in England and Wales, 157th in Scotland and 177th in Northern Ireland.
Miley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256 | #210 |
| 2024 | 240 | #218 |
| 2023 | 254 | #210 |
| 2022 | 162 | #303 |
| 2021 | 178 | #296 |
| 2020 | 157 | #322 |
| 2019 | 193 | #276 |
| 2018 | 175 | #307 |
| 2017 | 169 | #315 |
| 2016 | 130 | #389 |
| 2015 | 144 | #355 |
| 2014 | 202 | #271 |
| 2013 | 369 | #160 |
| 2012 | 459 | #144 |
| 2011 | 473 | #133 |
| 2010 | 595 | #109 |
| 2009 | 601 | #104 |
| 2008 | 182 | #291 |
| 2007 | 30 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Miley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #338among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 900about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 115% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 900 girls in the US were named Miley, making it the 338th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 743rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 2,652 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had more girls named Miley than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Miley in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,165 girls in the US were given Miley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #289, up from #338 for this spelling alone.
Miley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 900 | #338 |
| 2024 | 815 | #388 |
| 2023 | 684 | #449 |
| 2022 | 421 | #700 |
| 2021 | 381 | #746 |
| 2020 | 369 | #743 |
| 2019 | 367 | #763 |
| 2018 | 378 | #738 |
| 2017 | 292 | #915 |
| 2016 | 255 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 263 | #1,016 |
| 2014 | 356 | #787 |
| 2013 | 803 | #386 |
| 2012 | 930 | #341 |
| 2011 | 991 | #316 |
| 2010 | 1,442 | #215 |
| 2009 | 1,737 | #189 |
| 2008 | 2,652 | #128 |
| 2007 | 1,233 | #279 |
| 2006 | 198 | #1,212 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
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