Milo

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #119 for boys in 2025, 2,974 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 2,974 births
Debut · boys
26 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
43,847
since 1880

Milo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Milo has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945boysat peak
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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#5,72221#1192,974
2024#5,44323#1203,001
2023#4,19134#1212,971
2022#3,36547#1203,115
2021#3,93537#1272,918
2020#4,45330#1342,768
2019#3,66541#1622,442
2018#4,23733#1782,200
2017#4,92227#2241,705
2016#5,13026#2481,510
2015#8,44713#2881,284
2014#9,51711#3111,120
2013#6,72918#3121,098
2012#9,71111#325971
2011#9,15012#358838
2010#9,79011#423655
2009#10,67910#450618
2008#10,08411#444633
2007#539476
2006#15,1526#673338
2005#720282
2004#767236
2003#791220
2002#807212
2001#981156
2000#1,107127
1999#1,43681
1998#1,224100
1997#1,35082
1996#1,65558
1995#1,68253
1994#1,73451
1993#1,87544
1992#1,75048
1991#1,54556
1990#1,19783
1989#1,39861
1988#1,67142
1987#1,48448
1986#1,56542
1985#1,33352
1984#1,24055
1983#1,22256
1982#1,15063
1981#1,30950
1980#1,41045
1979#1,13762
1978#1,18656
1977#1,15857
1976#1,05063
1975#1,20849
1974#8,7755#1,22946
1973#1,01463
1972#1,10754
1971#1,05759
1970#7,9955#1,11754
1969#1,16845
1968#1,18341
1967#1,03050
1966#1,10045
1965#98656
1964#96762
1963#1,00557
1962#1,05652
1961#99061
1960#1,05853
1959#91470
1958#90769
1957#86176
1956#80985
1955#700109
1954#73297
1953#78682
1952#72195
1951#682104
1950#69198
1949#5,2445#72989
1948#669102
1947#73288
1946#67691
1945#4,5565#65086
1944#71276
1943#611107
1942#76071
1941#62494
1940#591100
1939#64285
1938#60995
1937#552111
1936#514120
1935#59395
1934#513128
1933#504124
1932#524123
1931#507128
1930#476156
1929#489144
1928#485157
1927#495151
1926#528131
1925#4,9735#483157
1924#4,4346#485163
1923#4,3766#465174
1922#431196
1921#4,0237#435197
1920#399217
1919#419196
1918#432185
1917#407193
1916#399193
1915#400180
1914#390149
1913#408112
1912#39395
1911#43245
1910#51230
1909#43633
1908#46328
1907#37536
1906#39430
1905#54918
1904#46621
1903#43022
1902#41524
1901#35327
1900#49022
1899#40221
1898#41822
1897#42220
1896#33831
1895#47618
1894#36725
1893#40120
1892#31235
1891#44116
1890#43417
1889#44617
1888#41620
1887#34023
1886#34824
1885#38821
1884#37522
1883#38120
1882#33227
1881#38919
1880#33426
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Milo was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.

See more about Milo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#120#119)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#134#119)
  • 169 spots since 2015 (#288#119)
  • Biggest jump: 174 spots in 2002 (#981#807)
  • Biggest drop: 144 spots in 1960 (#914#1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #119 (2,974 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 561
  • Highest: 1 in 561 boys born in 2022 were named Milo (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 574 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
  • Its best rank, #119 in 2025, was only 1 in 574 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 40.5% of all boys named Milo (17,747) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s219#332 (1882)#375
1890s225#312 (1892)#401
1900s261#353 (1901)#437
1910s1,378#390 (1914)#419
1920s1,687#399 (1920)#470
1930s1,165#476 (1930)#543
1940s904#591 (1940)#675
1950s885#682 (1951)#780
1960s522#967 (1964)#1,054
1970s563#1,014 (1973)#1,126
1980s514#1,150 (1982)#1,378
1990s656#1,197 (1990)#1,545
2000s3,298#444 (2008)#728
2010s13,823#162 (2019)#283
2020s17,747#119 (2025)#124

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

Milo in 1945

girls
#4,556
5 births · 1 in 261,418 girls
boys
#650
86 births · 1 in 15,649 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #4,556Milo5

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #650Milo86
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 261,418 of them was named Milo, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milo
  1. #4,025Zara6
  2. #4,025Zoanne6
  3. #4,025Zondra6
  4. #4,556Milo5
  5. #4,556Adda5
  6. #4,556Adina5
  7. #4,556Adine5

Tied with 686 names at #4,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 799Lauren#1,153#354
  2. 707Amber#1,661#954
  3. 648Laureen#1,315#667
  4. 630Deidre#1,609#979
  5. 623Candice#1,364#741
Fallers
  1. 395Bernardine#937#1,332
  2. 386Joella#988#1,374
  3. 342Venita#937#1,279
  4. 275Magdalene#867#1,142
  5. 249Alpha#964#1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 15,649 of them was named Milo, which outranked 82.8% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milo
  1. #645Mose88
  2. #645Sydney88
  3. #649Barbara87
  4. #650Milo86
  5. #650Alejandro86
  6. #650Boyce86
  7. #650Haywood86
  8. #654Hilton85
  9. #654Rocky85
  10. #654Saul85

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945