Girls' name · since 1990
Mileah
Mileah has 432 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,285 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 432
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mileah is the #11285 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 432 recorded since 1990.
Mileah has 432 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11285 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #12,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,285 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 432 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mileah ranks #12,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,285 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 432 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,285 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 432
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mileah's 432 recorded births place it above 82.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mileah compares
432 Top 48% higher than 52% of 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
Mileah's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mileah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 432 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mileah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mileah splits its recorded history at 2010: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mileah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Mileah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (199 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Mileah's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Mileah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
118 births
- 2010s
2010s
199 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 199 births (46% of all-time use).
Mileah by state
Where Mileah concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.6% |
7 of 432 births nationwide.
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What to do with Mileah's data
- Mileah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (199 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Mileahs (7 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mileah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Mileah 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.