Girls' name · since 1968
Mylee
4,420 babies named Mylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,420
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mylee is the #1762 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,420 recorded since 1968.
Mylee has 4,420 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1762 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #2,788 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,762 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,420 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mylee ranks #2,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,762 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,420 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,420
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mylee's 4,420 recorded births place it above 96.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Mylee compares
4,420 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Mylee's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,420 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 730 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mylee splits its recorded history at 2006: 90% of all births land in the more recent half, 10% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 730 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 730
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Mylee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,115 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Mylee's strongest decade.
2,115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Mylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 112
1990s
112 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,115 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,550 births
- 2020s 622
2020s
622 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,115 births (48% of all-time use).
How Mylee 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 Mylee's total volume
Mylee by state
Where Mylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 304 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 260 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 224 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Utah | | 185 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 158 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 146 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 142 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 122 | 2.8% |
304 of 4,420 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Mylee appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mylee's data
- Mylee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,115 total births); usage has since declined to 622 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mylees (304 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.
Keep exploring Mylee
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Mylee
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Mylee 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.