Myla Girl
How popular is Myla?
#210 girl name in 2025
1,436 baby girls were named Myla in the US in 2025, making it the 210th most popular girl name.
Myla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #210 for girls (▼ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,436 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #335 in 2015, #276 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (1,646 girls) |
| Highest rank | #181 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Myla 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 Myla is most popular
Babies named Myla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.9 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.5 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Hawaii: 2.3 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- New Mexico: 2.3 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Iowa: 2.1 per 1,000 (124 girls)
Myla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,538 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,169 |
| 1930s | 91 | #2,206 |
| 1940s | 120 | #2,254 |
| 1950s | 225 | #1,346 |
| 1960s | 222 | #2,344 |
| 1970s | 254 | #2,124 |
| 1980s | 221 | #2,723 |
| 1990s | 428 | #1,786 |
| 2000s | 2,744 | #540 |
| 2010s | 8,942 | #284 |
| 2020s | 8,753 | #181 |
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Questions
- Is Myla a boy or girl name?
- Myla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Myla were girls.
- How popular is the name Myla?
- 1,436 baby girls were named Myla in the US in 2025, making it the 210th most popular girl name.
- When was Myla most popular?
- Myla peaked in 2023, when 1,646 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #181 in 2023.
- How many people are named Myla?
- 22,134 babies have been named Myla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,710 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Myla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Myla was most common in Montana, at 2.9 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.