NameTides

Milah

Milah was the #1,684 girls' name in the US in 2025 (122 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Milah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Milah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Milah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,684 (122)#1,892 (15)#539 (5)——#2,730 (7)
2024#1,509 (143)#3,016 (8)#790 (3)——#2,975 (6)
2023#1,474 (148)#2,689 (9)#482 (6)——#2,900 (6)
2022#1,355 (172)#1,685 (17)———#1,854 (11)
2021#1,175 (208)#1,866 (15)—#446 (3)—#1,876 (11)
2020#1,165 (200)#1,687 (17)#636 (4)—#834 (3)#2,163 (9)
2019#1,173 (203)#1,562 (19)———#2,025 (10)
2018#1,075 (236)#1,526 (20)#809 (3)#434 (3)—#1,639 (13)
2017#1,104 (228)#1,995 (14)#808 (3)——#2,374 (8)
2016#1,224 (201)#1,635 (19)———#1,906 (11)
2015#1,183 (213)#1,649 (18)—#426 (3)—#1,874 (11)
2014#1,326 (178)#2,464 (10)————
2013#1,446 (155)#4,050 (5)———#2,376 (8)
2012#1,591 (136)————#2,013 (10)
2011#2,298 (81)#4,764 (4)———#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,075.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Milah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Milah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Milah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MilahCanadaGirls#2,7307
MilahEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
MilahIrelandGirls—too few
MilahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MilahScotlandGirls#5395
MilahUSGirls#1,684122