Unisex name · since 1971
Miel
Miel has 208 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,008 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Miel is the #8008 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 208 recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Miel recorded 208 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #8008 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #19,432 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,008 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 208 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miel ranks #19,432 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,008 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 208 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,008 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Miel's 208 recorded births place it above 73.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Miel compares
208 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Miel's all-time total is 45% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Miel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 208 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Miel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Miel's full recorded timeline at 2016, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Miel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Miel popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 2019 (Miel as boys' name)
Miel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (116 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Miel's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Miel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
116 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 116 births (56% of all-time use).
Miel by state
Where Miel concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 14.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.4% |
31 of 208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Miels (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Miel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Miel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.