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Miley

As a girl's name, Miley is understood to mean "Modern coinage". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

EtymologyModern coinage
EtymologyPossibly from "smiley"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
17
1920s
71
1930s
16
1940s
12
1950s
7
1960s
10
1970s
0
1980s
29
1990s
36
2000s
5,916
2010s
5,312
Peaked in the 2000s · 11,426 total U.S. births since 1900