Girls' name · since 1988
Myleah
Myleah has 505 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,274 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Myleah currently ranks #7274 among girls' names in America, with 505 babies recorded since 1988.
Myleah has 505 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7274 as of the latest data, more common than 58% 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 1988 to 2025.
- #11,801 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,274 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 505 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myleah ranks #11,801 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,274 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 505 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,274 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Myleah's 505 recorded births place it above 83.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Myleah compares
505 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Myleah's all-time total is 34% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Myleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 505 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Myleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Myleah's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Myleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Myleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (207 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Myleah's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Myleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
164 births
- 2010s
2010s
207 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 207 births (41% of all-time use).
How Myleah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Myleah's total volume
Myleah by state
Where Myleah concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 17 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
34 of 505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Myleah's data
- Myleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (207 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Myleahs (34 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 Myleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Myleah 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.