# Miley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/miley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “smiley” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,779 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 75 / 15,704 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,492, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Popularised as a female name by American pop singer Miley Ray Cyrus (nicknamed Miley from "smiley").

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 991 | 317 |
| 2012 | 930 | 342 |
| 2013 | 803 | 387 |
| 2014 | 356 | 788 |
| 2015 | 263 | 1,017 |
| 2016 | 255 | 1,038 |
| 2017 | 292 | 917 |
| 2018 | 378 | 738 |
| 2019 | 367 | 764 |
| 2020 | 369 | 743 |
| 2021 | 381 | 748 |
| 2022 | 421 | 702 |
| 2023 | 684 | 449 |
| 2024 | 815 | 388 |
| 2025 | 900 | 338 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 6 | 3,699 |
| 1916 | 6 | 3,755 |
| 1922 | 5 | 4,751 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,704 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,039 |
| 1927 | 9 | 3,078 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,996 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,359 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,122 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,400 |
| 1947 | 7 | 3,270 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,457 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 413 | 136 |
| 2012 | 396 | 142 |
| 2013 | 316 | 165 |
| 2014 | 176 | 271 |
| 2015 | 121 | 372 |
| 2016 | 112 | 400 |
| 2017 | 150 | 320 |
| 2018 | 154 | 309 |
| 2019 | 172 | 285 |
| 2020 | 132 | 340 |
| 2021 | 156 | 301 |
| 2022 | 137 | 320 |
| 2023 | 218 | 219 |
| 2024 | 215 | 222 |
| 2025 | 220 | 214 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Miley

- Miley Cyrus, American singer, actress, and television personality (born 1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.