Mylah — #550 US girls' name
6,056 babies named Mylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Mylah was born in this single decade.
789 babies were named Mylah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,056 babies named Mylah between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mylah currently holds the #550 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 789 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mylah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,026 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mylah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 719 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mylah in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mylah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,056 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mylah at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Mylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2023)
- 789
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #550 among girls.
6,056 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 789 births in a single year.
Mylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 3,026 births that decade — 50% of Mylah's all-time total
Mylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,026 births
- Runner-up 2,438 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mylah's strongest decade
3,026 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Mylah by state
Where Mylah concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 719 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 580 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 343 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 331 | 5.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 261 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 241 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 219 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 198 | 3.3% |
719 of 6,056 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.5% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mylah appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.