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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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 2020

girls
#20
6,646 births · 1 in 243 girls
boys
#7,502
10 births · 1 in 172,608 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #20Mila6,646

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #7,502Mila10
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 243 of them was named Mila, which outranked 99.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mila
  1. #17Sofia6,990
  2. #18Emily6,918
  3. #19Avery6,747
  4. #20Mila6,646
  5. #21Scarlett6,521
  6. #22Eleanor6,379
  7. #23Madison6,253
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 1,492Avayah#2,428#936
  2. 950Denisse#1,802#852
  3. 818Jianna#1,668#850
  4. 609Capri#1,291#682
  5. 550Rosalia#1,287#737
Fallers
  1. 393Yaritza#813#1,206
  2. 271Seraphina#1,000#1,271
  3. 207Marissa#874#1,081
  4. 203Annabella#644#847
  5. 195Jayde#832#1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 172,608 of them was named Mila, which outranked 46.6% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mila
  1. #7,034Zylon11
  2. #7,034Zymier11
  3. #7,034Zyron11
  4. #7,502Mila10
  5. #7,502Aadhyan10
  6. #7,502Aalijah10
  7. #7,502Aamari10
  8. #8,067Aadarsh9
  9. #8,067Aadhi9
  10. #8,067Aadish9

Tied with 564 names at #7,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 587Zyair#1,548#961
  2. 567Jaxtyn#1,152#585
  3. 539Jakobe#1,372#833
  4. 473Kylo#922#449
  5. 461Ander#1,085#624
Fallers
  1. 380Vivaan#875#1,255
  2. 282Alexzander#890#1,172
  3. 268Reyansh#806#1,074
  4. 266Javion#949#1,215
  5. 224Kenny#862#1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020