NameTides

Mila

Mila was the #43 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,796 babies), and #40 in England & Wales and #13 in Canada.

Mila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Mila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUSIrelandNorthern Ireland
Mila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#43 (4,796)#40 (1,014)#40 (95)#132 (15)#80 (61)#13 (748)#21 (195)#21 (197)
2024#33 (5,484)#46 (953)#30 (105)#150 (13)#72 (74)#11 (775)#18 (230)#20 (213)
2023#28 (5,920)#35 (1,127)#37 (102)#115 (18)#66 (88)#8 (925)#21 (211)#22 (184)
2022#18 (6,487)#45 (1,042)#36 (106)#127 (17)#58 (92)#10 (871)#18 (243)#18 (210)
2021#26 (6,337)#39 (1,133)#31 (122)#97 (24)#68 (87)#9 (962)#22 (242)#15 (237)
2020#20 (6,646)#47 (973)#36 (105)#90 (23)#67 (79)#10 (891)#21 (244)#19 (218)
2019#19 (7,343)#50 (1,017)#29 (127)#83 (26)#72 (81)#10 (942)#25 (232)#26 (201)
2018#14 (8,169)#49 (1,050)#37 (119)#72 (33)#67 (97)#10 (1,001)#27 (226)#20 (204)
2017#30 (5,974)#74 (774)#52 (97)#122 (19)#104 (58)#13 (888)#31 (203)#34 (149)
2016#48 (4,830)#81 (679)#70 (73)#108 (23)#84 (70)#20 (818)#39 (166)#28 (154)
2015#53 (4,733)#79 (692)#63 (79)#110 (22)#88 (72)#25 (750)#39 (161)#34 (126)
2014#72 (4,064)#106 (533)#79 (65)#142 (16)#142 (41)#29 (691)#41 (162)#36 (120)
2013#78 (3,680)#124 (456)#69 (70)#167 (12)#131 (47)#30 (617)#51 (126)#42 (111)
2012#115 (2,642)#160 (326)#125 (37)#268 (7)#199 (28)#37 (531)#58 (124)#45 (105)
2011#174 (1,798)#261 (186)#188 (24)#363 (4)#240 (22)#59 (428)#73 (96)#66 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #14.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 340 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 340common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 250common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 350common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 200very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mila is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 340 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 310 to 1 in 380.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mila by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #56WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #90NHWashington: #59WAIdaho: #108IDMontana: #105MTNorth Dakota: #72NDMinnesota: #74MNIllinois: #34ILMichigan: #20MINew York: #35NYMassachusetts: #26MAOregon: #98ORNevada: #42NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #84SDIowa: #84IAIndiana: #91INOhio: #57OHPennsylvania: #64PANew Jersey: #26NJConnecticut: #44CTRhode Island: #15RICalifornia: #22CAUtah: #86UTColorado: #48CONebraska: #67NEMissouri: #75MOKentucky: #112KYWest Virginia: #116WVVirginia: #64VAMaryland: #49MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #30AZNew Mexico: #46NMKansas: #50KSArkansas: #144ARTennessee: #116TNNorth Carolina: #67NCSouth Carolina: #90SCDistrict of Columbia: #51DCOklahoma: #84OKLouisiana: #52LAMississippi: #99MSAlabama: #166ALGeorgia: #71GAHawaii: #36HITexas: #41TXFlorida: #14FL
Mila (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#15246
Ontario2024#21278

Mila (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MilaCanadaGirls#13748
MilaEngland & WalesGirls#401,014
MilaIrelandGirls#8061
MílaIrelandGirls—too few
MilaNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
MilaNSWGirls#21195
MilaScotlandGirls#4095
MilaUSGirls#434,796
MilaUSBoys#10,6956
MilaVICGirls#21197