girls:
160 births since 1971
#5556 (3rd percentile)
boys:
11 births since 2019
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
171 births since 1971
#7568 (2nd percentile)
The name Miel is the #7,568 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 171 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,556 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 160 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2019.
Miel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Miel is available in 18 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (18 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Miel has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Miel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #929) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Miel is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #929 (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million.
For boys, Miel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #923) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Miel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Miel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Miel is pronounced as MEE-ehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is meel, at 36.4% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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