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Mylee

Feminine

1968high 2008
#1758 in the U.S.climbing the charts fast
rising115 girls in 2025

Mylee respells Miley, and Miley began as a childhood nickname — Smiley, shortened, given to a girl who smiled a great deal.

How old is the name Mylee?

Mylee first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Mylee alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 4,400 people named Mylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Mylee most popular?

Mylee peaked in 2008, reaching #435 nationally. Today it ranks #1758, 1,323 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Mylee

Miley Cyrus was born Destiny Hope in 1992 and nicknamed Smiley, shortened to Miley, which she made her legal name in 2008. Her television series ran from 2006, and the American registers show Miley and its respellings rising sharply from that year. Mylee appears in the 2000s and is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

Miley is documented as a shortening of Smiley, a childhood nickname. A second route treats My- as a front element with the -lee ending, in the American compound pattern. A third reads it as a form of the Irish surname Miley. None is settled for this spelling.

How the name formed

  1. Smiley
  2. Miley
  3. Mylee

Related forms: Miley · Myleigh · Mylie

Pronouncing Mylee

MY-lee

Two syllables, stress on the first. Mylee, Miley and Myleigh are said identically.

Nicknames for Mylee

Moderate

MyThe front sound alone, which is an ordinary English word
LeeThe back of the name, and a name in its own right for both sexes
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1968–2025730365073011519682025

US babies named Mylee per year from 1968 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#4351960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1968
Most girls named
2008730 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#435reached in 2008
Change vs 2024
−19.6%115 in 2025, from 143
Mylee is still being discovered. Its best year on record is 2008 (730 girls), and the rank has climbed 342 places over the last five years. The move since 2024: down 19.6%.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Mylee in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Miley in English — spelling variant
  • Myleigh in English — spelling variant
  • Mylie in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Ohio, Texas.

Mylees among us

4,400

people named Mylee are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 13,976 born in 2025 was named Mylee

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Mylee

#1758
Mylee on the 2025 chart
#808
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mylee went to 115 girls in 2025, but Millee, Milee and Mille are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 152, which makes it the 808th most-given girls’ name of the year — 950 places above the chart.

  • Mylee115
  • Millee24
  • Milee8
  • Mille5

About 1 girl in 10,574 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 13,976 for Mylee itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Vergie test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mylee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Vergie climbed just as high around 1901, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Vergie's path sketches the road Mylee is walking now.

49%chance Mylee will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Mylee, aligned on its peakVergie· peak 1901not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsVergie · #6701Mylee today
Mylee today is about where Vergie stood in 1918 — 17 years past a #435-sized peak. By 1933, Vergie had settled around #801.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Mylee is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Mylee is headed

19682030

US babies named Mylee per year, 1968 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Mylee looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 24% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+24% by 2030projected around #1,576 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Mylee beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Mylee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Myleethis name115#1758Misk115#1758Clarity115#1758Rosemarie115#1758Mayla115#1758

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The Smiley origin is genuinely well documented and rather cheerful.
  • Lee is available as a short form with an enormous record.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Miley is the standard spelling and the association with one performer is total.
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • It is closely dated to the late 2000s.

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Frequently asked

How many Mylees are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,400 people named Mylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Mylee?
Mylee is the most-used spelling in US records — 115 of the 152 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Millee, Milee and Mille.
How popular is the name Mylee in 2025?
Mylee ranks #1758 among US girl names in 2025, with 115 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Mylee?
About 1 in every 13,976 US girls born in 2025 was named Mylee — 115 in all.
Will my child share the name Mylee with classmates?
Mylee will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Misk#1758 · Clarity#1758 · Rosemarie#1758 · Mayla#1758 · Ariadne#1758 · Daenerys#1758 · Lenna#1758 · Yarely#1758

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