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
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 8,169 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 13 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,489since 1881
Mila over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #43 | 4,796 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #33 | 5,484 | — | |
| 2023 | #28 | 5,920 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #18 | 6,487 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #26 | 6,337 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #20 | 6,646 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #19 | 7,343 | — | |
| 2018 | #14 | 8,169 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #30 | 5,974 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #48 | 4,830 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #53 | 4,733 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #72 | 4,064 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #78 | 3,680 | — | |
| 2012 | #115 | 2,642 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #174 | 1,798 | — | |
| 2010 | #364 | 881 | — | |
| 2009 | #463 | 667 | — | |
| 2008 | #556 | 554 | — | |
| 2007 | #759 | 385 | — | |
| 2006 | #743 | 371 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,021 | 238 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,170 | 192 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,191 | 180 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,456 | 131 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,941 | 89 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,089 | 78 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,851 | 31 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Mila is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#4 · 1 in 57
- Arizona#6 · 1 in 114
- Nevada#8 · 1 in 104
- Florida#9 · 1 in 138
- New Mexico#11 · 1 in 104
Best ever in a state: #4 in Hawaii, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #4 | 51 | 1 in 57 |
| Arizona | #6 | 258 | 1 in 114 |
| Nevada | #8 | 102 | 1 in 104 |
| Florida | #9 | 618 | 1 in 138 |
| Michigan | #11 | 250 | 1 in 161 |
| New Mexico | #11 | 56 | 1 in 104 |
| Nebraska | #12 | 58 | 1 in 129 |
| Kansas | #13 | 85 | 1 in 142 |
| Oklahoma | #13 | 97 | 1 in 161 |
| California | #14 | 1,293 | 1 in 147 |
| Louisiana | #14 | 124 | 1 in 158 |
| North Dakota | #14 | 27 | 1 in 110 |
| Washington | #14 | 205 | 1 in 148 |
| Illinois | #15 | 317 | 1 in 169 |
| Indiana | #15 | 184 | 1 in 162 |
| Iowa | #15 | 85 | 1 in 144 |
| Massachusetts | #15 | 179 | 1 in 137 |
| New Jersey | #15 | 220 | 1 in 163 |
| Rhode Island | #17 | 27 | 1 in 103 |
| Texas | #17 | 815 | 1 in 195 |
| Ohio | #18 | 294 | 1 in 174 |
| Utah | #18 | 108 | 1 in 154 |
| Wisconsin | #18 | 141 | 1 in 158 |
| Minnesota | #19 | 141 | 1 in 167 |
| New York | #20 | 439 | 1 in 197 |
| Pennsylvania | #21 | 263 | 1 in 191 |
| South Dakota | #21 | 23 | 1 in 133 |
| Colorado | #22 | 130 | 1 in 171 |
| Virginia | #22 | 183 | 1 in 196 |
| Connecticut | #23 | 78 | 1 in 148 |
| Missouri | #24 | 131 | 1 in 202 |
| Oregon | #24 | 81 | 1 in 173 |
| Georgia | #26 | 198 | 1 in 234 |
| New Hampshire | #30 | 26 | 1 in 137 |
| South Carolina | #32 | 81 | 1 in 218 |
| Montana | #33 | 19 | 1 in 144 |
| North Carolina | #33 | 192 | 1 in 234 |
| Tennessee | #33 | 133 | 1 in 234 |
| Idaho | #39 | 33 | 1 in 182 |
| Maryland | #41 | 91 | 1 in 257 |
| District of Columbia | #42 | 17 | 1 in 179 |
| West Virginia | #42 | 30 | 1 in 188 |
| Mississippi | #44 | 45 | 1 in 239 |
| Arkansas | #46 | 45 | 1 in 245 |
| Wyoming | #47 | 8 | 1 in 120 |
| Alabama | #49 | 71 | 1 in 264 |
| Maine | #49 | 18 | 1 in 190 |
| Vermont | #49 | 8 | 1 in 137 |
| Delaware | #50 | 13 | 1 in 191 |
| Kentucky | #50 | 69 | 1 in 257 |
| Alaska | #76 | 9 | 1 in 228 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mila
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2018 at #14 (8,169 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Highest: 1 in 208 girls born in 2018 were named Mila (0.48%)
- Latest: 1 in 335 girls born in 2025 (0.30%)
- 52.2% of all girls named Mila (44,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #830 (1881) | #1,055 |
| 1890s | 25 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,312 |
| 1900s | 30 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,737 |
| 1910s | 99 | #1,665 (1914) | #2,323 |
| 1920s | 178 | #1,730 (1922) | #2,146 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,779 (1935) | #2,257 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,863 (1947) | #2,276 |
| 1950s | 230 | #1,931 (1953) | #2,299 |
| 1960s | 258 | #2,004 (1961) | #2,439 |
| 1970s | 206 | #2,914 (1973) | #3,426 |
| 1980s | 163 | #2,851 (1984) | #4,669 |
| 1990s | 311 | #2,307 (1998) | #4,285 |
| 2000s | 2,885 | #463 (2009) | #1,139 |
| 2010s | 44,114 | #14 (2018) | #97 |
| 2020s | 35,670 | #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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 208 of them was named Mila, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 363,232 of them was named Mila, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,962 names at #12,156; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.