Girls' name · since 2001

Myliyah

Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 213 babies named Myliyah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#11678
among girls today
213
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade
34%
more common than other girls

Yes -- Myliyah is the #11678 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 213 recorded since 2001.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myliyah has been recorded 213 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #11678 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #11678 among girls today
  • 213 born since 2001
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 34% more common than other girls

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

Myliyah is currently the #11678 girls' name in America, more common than 34% of girls - 213 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.

#11678
among girls today
213
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade
34%
more common than other girls

Myliyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%34.1%
Myliyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#11678
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 34% of names given to girls today.

2010s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Myliyah was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

19 babies were named Myliyah in 2010 - its busiest year on record.

How Myliyah compares

213 38th percentile among 17,726 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

Myliyah's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Myliyah Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 213 382 567,345
Peak-year births 19 48 19,840

Myliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Myliyah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Myliyah at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

213

Since 2001

25 years of records

Peak year

2010

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

#11,678

Among girls

As of 2025

Active since

2001

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2025

Myliyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2010)
19
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
05101520 200120052008201120142018202120242025 12

Myliyah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Myliyah's strongest decade.

100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Myliyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 100 births (47% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Myliyah?
Myliyah has been given to 213 babies in the U.S. since 2001, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #11678 as of the latest data. 19 babies were born in 2010, its single highest year.
When was Myliyah most popular?
Myliyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Myliyah been used?
The SSA has tracked Myliyah since 2001 -- 25 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Myliyah?
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 Myliyah's data

  • Myliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of June 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, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Myliyah: #11678 Girls' Name - 213 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/myliyah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Myliyah 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 June 2026.