Milah

#1,684 for girls in 2025, 122 births

Peak · girls
2018 · 236 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,881
since 1997

Milah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Milah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #1,075, 2018girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,684122
2024#1,509143
2023#1,474148
2022#1,355172
2021#1,175208
2020#1,165200
2019#1,173203
2018#1,075236
2017#1,104228
2016#1,224201
2015#1,183213
2014#1,326178
2013#1,446155
2012#1,591136
2011#2,29881
2010#3,30649
2009#3,61944
2008#4,17937
2007#6,32321
2006#6,12521
2005#7,89114
2004#7,07716
2003#13,8446
2002#8,83711
2001#15,3525
2000#6,80815
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1997#10,8367
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five girls were named Milah! It came in at #10,836, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Milah is popular in 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,041 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,964 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #969 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,795 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMINew York: #2,158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,252 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,010 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,967 girlsINOhio: #1,257 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,766 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,199 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,679 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,157 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 7,891 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedDEArizona: #772 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,841 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Milah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,205 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 8,049 girlsTXFlorida: #1,296 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,018 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#772 · 1 in 3,841
  2. Illinois#969 · 1 in 5,795
  3. Indiana#1,010 · 1 in 5,967
  4. Washington#1,041 · 1 in 5,964
  5. California#1,157 · 1 in 7,891

Best ever in a state: #313 in Nevada, 2017.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#77281 in 3,841
Illinois#969101 in 5,795
Indiana#1,01051 in 5,967
Washington#1,04151 in 5,964
California#1,157261 in 7,891
Pennsylvania#1,19961 in 8,679
Texas#1,205201 in 8,049
Ohio#1,25761 in 8,766
Florida#1,29691 in 9,018
New York#2,15851 in 18,252
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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 Milah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 175 spots since 2024 (#1,509 → #1,684)
  • 519 spots since 2020 (#1,165 → #1,684)
  • 501 spots since 2015 (#1,183 → #1,684)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2018 at #1,075 (236 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,208
  • Highest: 1 in 7,208 girls born in 2018 were named Milah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,174 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 58.3% of all girls named Milah (1,680) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s18#8,016 (1998)#9,426
2000s190#3,619 (2009)#8,006
2010s1,680#1,075 (2018)#1,573
2020s993#1,165 (2020)#1,394

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.

Milah in 2013

girls
#1,446
155 births · 1 in 11,321 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #1,446Milah155
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 11,321 of them was named Milah, which outranked 92.5% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milah
  1. #1,440Lacy156
  2. #1,440Lela156
  3. #1,440Lucie156
  4. #1,446Milah155
  5. #1,446Ariyanna155
  6. #1,446Jersey155
  7. #1,446Lidia155
  8. #1,451Elia154
  9. #1,451Hillary154
  10. #1,451Lacie154

Tied with 4 names at #1,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →