Mila Girl
How popular is Mila?
#43 girl name in 2025
4,796 baby girls were named Mila in the US in 2025, making it the 43rd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Mila popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #43 for girls (▼ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,796 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #53 in 2015, #20 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (8,169 girls) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mila family of names ranked #28 for girls in 2025 (#19 the year before), with 6,879 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mila is most popular
Babies named Mila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 10.3 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- Rhode Island: 9.6 per 1,000 (120 girls)
- Delaware: 7.1 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- New Mexico: 6.7 per 1,000 (162 girls)
- Connecticut: 6.5 per 1,000 (381 girls)
Mila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #830 |
| 1890s | 25 | #1,099 |
| 1900s | 30 | #1,204 |
| 1910s | 99 | #1,665 |
| 1920s | 178 | #1,730 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,779 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,862 |
| 1950s | 230 | #1,930 |
| 1960s | 258 | #2,003 |
| 1970s | 206 | #2,914 |
| 1980s | 163 | #2,850 |
| 1990s | 311 | #2,304 |
| 2000s | 2,885 | #463 |
| 2010s | 44,114 | #14 |
| 2020s | 35,670 | #18 |
Girl names about as popular as Mila
Questions
- Is Mila a boy or girl name?
- Mila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mila were girls.
- How popular is the name Mila?
- 4,796 baby girls were named Mila in the US in 2025, making it the 43rd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Mila most popular?
- Mila peaked in 2018, when 8,169 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 2018.
- How many people are named Mila?
- 84,577 babies have been named Mila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 83,638 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Mila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mila was most common in Hawaii, at 10.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.