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Lylah vs Mia

How Lylah and Mia compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Lylah

Female · English

Meaning: "Love, Cherish, Flowers. Beautiful One, Clever One, Special."

Mia

Female · Latin

Meaning: Mine

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Lylah (girls) vs Mia (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Lylah Mia
Peak year (most US births) 2024 — 555 girls 2015 — 14,939 girls
Peak rank #544 #6
Most recent rank (2025) #585 (503 births) #6 (11,078 births)
Total US births since 1880 7,839 280,686
Last 10 years (2016–2025) 4,882 121,307

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Mia reached 14,939 US births in 2015 — 14,384 more than Lylah's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Lylah — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 West Virginia #235 26
2 New Mexico #285 40
3 Nevada #361 25
4 Oklahoma #453 80
5 Kansas #470 45

Mia — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Mexico #2 775
2 California #3 19,952
3 New Jersey #3 3,970
4 Nevada #3 1,236
5 Texas #4 14,721

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →