Girls' name · since 1996
Mylesha
17 babies named Mylesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mylesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1996.
Mylesha has 17 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2003.
- #47,995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mylesha ranks #47,995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #47,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mylesha's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mylesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mylesha splits its recorded history at 1998: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mylesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2003
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Mylesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1990s was Mylesha's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Mylesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Mylesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- 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 Mylesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1996–2003 (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 Mylesha 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.