Girls' name · since 2001
Miela
Miela has 179 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,972 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,738 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Miela currently ranks #7738 among girls' names in America, with 179 babies recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miela has been recorded 179 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #7738 nationally and more common than 55% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #20,972 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,738 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 179 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miela ranks #20,972 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,738 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 179 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,972 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,738 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Miela's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Miela compares
179 35th 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
Miela's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Miela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 179 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Miela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Miela's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Miela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Miela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Miela's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Miela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Miela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Miela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Miela 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.