Mila

#43 for girls in 2025, 4,796 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2018 · 8,169 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,489
since 1881

Mila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #14, 2018girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#434,796#10,6956
2024#335,484
2023#285,920#7,28911
2022#186,487#7,76810
2021#266,337#8,1669
2020#206,646#7,50210
2019#197,343
2018#148,169#12,1565
2017#305,974#9,6967
2016#484,830#8,8168
2015#534,733#8,7448
2014#724,064#9,6427
2013#783,680
2012#1152,642#9,7097
2011#1741,798
2010#364881
2009#463667
2008#556554
2007#759385
2006#743371
2005#1,021238
2004#1,170192
2003#1,191180
2002#1,456131
2001#1,94189
2000#2,08978
1999#2,36862
1998#2,30761
1997#2,55650
1996#4,05926
1995#5,01919
1994#5,24918
1993#7,49811
1992#4,08825
1991#5,18118
1990#4,52321
1989#5,28616
1988#7,11110
1987#5,61313
1986
1985#3,73022
1984#2,85131
1983#3,24225
1982#4,94514
1981#5,25413
1980#3,99219
1979#3,23625
1978#4,93113
1977#3,48621
1976#3,81217
1975#2,96924
1974#4,04115
1973#2,91423
1972#2,97622
1971#2,95523
1970#2,93823
1969#2,45428
1968#2,36027
1967#2,37626
1966#2,83919
1965#2,53823
1964#2,82520
1963#2,06133
1962#2,35726
1961#2,00434
1960#2,57322
1959#2,23426
1958#2,20926
1957#2,65119
1956#1,96830
1955#2,34122
1954#2,07626
1953#1,93128
1952#2,41119
1951#2,11622
1950#3,05212
1949#2,27419
1948#2,25519
1947#1,86327
1946#2,48215
1945#1,94119
1944#2,28715
1943#2,44714
1942#2,11717
1941#2,66811
1940#2,42412
1939#1,94717
1938#2,44712
1937#2,19614
1936#2,26313
1935#1,77919
1934#2,18714
1933#3,1098
1932#1,95717
1931#2,75010
1930#1,93418
1929#2,30114
1928#1,78422
1927#1,77123
1926#2,35115
1925#2,19117
1924#2,51414
1923#2,36615
1922#1,73024
1921#1,98820
1920#2,46314
1919#2,81311
1918#2,37614
1917#3,7137
1916#1,86718
1915#2,14314
1914#1,66516
1913#2,1649
1912#1,84410
1911
1910
1909#2,2085
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,8775
1903#1,2049
1902
1901#1,4666
1900#1,9325
1899
1898#1,7005
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#1,2776
1892#1,1717
1891
1890#1,0997
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Mila! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mila
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#33#43)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#20#43)
  • 10 spots since 2015 (#53#43)
  • Biggest jump: 278 spots in 2006 (#1,021#743)
  • Biggest drop: 16 spots in 2007 (#743#759)
Rise & fade · girls
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2018 at #14 (8,169 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 208
  • Highest: 1 in 208 girls born in 2018 were named Mila (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 335 girls born in 2025 (0.30%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 52.2% of all girls named Mila (44,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#830 (1881)#1,055
1890s25#1,099 (1890)#1,312
1900s30#1,204 (1903)#1,737
1910s99#1,665 (1914)#2,323
1920s178#1,730 (1922)#2,146
1930s142#1,779 (1935)#2,257
1940s168#1,863 (1947)#2,276
1950s230#1,931 (1953)#2,299
1960s258#2,004 (1961)#2,439
1970s206#2,914 (1973)#3,426
1980s163#2,851 (1984)#4,669
1990s311#2,307 (1998)#4,285
2000s2,885#463 (2009)#1,139
2010s44,114#14 (2018)#97
2020s35,670#18 (2022)#28

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mila in 2016

girls
#48
4,830 births · 1 in 367 girls
boys
#8,816
8 births · 1 in 237,217 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #48Mila4,830

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #8,816Mila8
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 367 of them was named Mila, which outranked 99.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mila
  1. #45Stella4,933
  2. #46Paisley4,883
  3. #47Violet4,882
  4. #48Mila4,830
  5. #49Anna4,810
  6. #50Allison4,786
  7. #51Alexa4,775
Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,389Kehlani#3,254#865
  2. 612Royalty#1,146#534
  3. 481Saoirse#1,448#967
  4. 396Ophelia#978#582
  5. 364Aitana#915#551
Fallers
  1. 542Caitlin#610#1,152
  2. 451Caitlyn#598#1,049
  3. 397Katelynn#652#1,049
  4. 382Kaitlynn#989#1,371
  5. 340Neriah#946#1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 237,217 of them was named Mila, which outranked 37.9% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mila
  1. #8,146Zyeir9
  2. #8,146Zymire9
  3. #8,146Zyrell9
  4. #8,816Mila8
  5. #8,816Aarion8
  6. #8,816Aaris8
  7. #8,816Aaro8
  8. #9,664Aagam7
  9. #9,664Aaqil7
  10. #9,664Aarit7

Tied with 847 names at #8,816; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,327Kylo#3,231#904
  2. 355Creed#1,340#985
  3. 349Benicio#1,327#978
  4. 303Adonis#698#395
  5. 291Fox#1,035#744
Fallers
  1. 477Jonael#922#1,399
  2. 238Aaden#784#1,022
  3. 233Triston#950#1,183
  4. 223Freddy#993#1,216
  5. 207Chace#934#1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016