Girls' name · since 1999

Myliah

Myliah has 256 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#17,389 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,498 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
256
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade

256 babies have been named Myliah since 1999, making it today's #10498 girls' name.

Myliah has 256 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10498 as of the latest data, more common than 39% 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 1999 to 2025.

  • #17,389 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,498 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 256 born since 1999
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myliah ranks #17,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,498 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 256 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.

#17,389 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,498 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
256
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%39.3%
Myliah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Myliah's 256 recorded births place it above 75.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Myliah compares

256 42nd percentile among 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

Myliah's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Myliah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 256 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Myliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Myliah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Myliah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
16
Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
05101520 19992003200820122016202020242025 9

Myliah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 43% of the file).

2010s was Myliah's strongest decade.

109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Myliah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Myliah?
256 babies have been named Myliah since 1999. All-time, it sits at #17,389 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,498 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2021 with 16 births.
Where does Myliah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myliah ranks #17,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,498 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Myliah most popular?
Myliah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 109 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Myliah been used?
Records for Myliah go back to 1999, giving 27 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Myliah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Myla, Mylah, Mylee, Mylie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Myliah's data

  • Myliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Myliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1999–2025 (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 Myliah 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.