Miley

What Miley means

Means “smiley”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Miley” (revision 85372292), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Miley?

US: Rising: up from #1016 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #372 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 2,652 girls got the name (#128 that year). First in the US records in 1889.

How common

• About 1 in 1,786 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,151 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 688 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (1.68 per 1,000 girls), OK (1.42 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.36 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Miley is #338 in the US and #214 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Miley were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mila4,796 US · 1,014 E&W
• Molly1,601 US · 405 E&W
• Milly113 US · 46 E&W
• Milah122 US · 15 E&W
• Mylee115 US · 10 E&W
• Milla39 US · 6 E&W
• Maily38 US · 6 E&W
• Milli33 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Miley

Girls

• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Sienna#94Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #229 in 2015, #94 in 2025
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Genesis#66“creation, beginning, origin”^*

For a brother

• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Miley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.