Milka

Milka was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Milka as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Milka as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Milka as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#11,932 (7)#4,867 (4)#2,475 (8)
2024#12,161 (7)—#2,975 (6)
2023#8,989 (11)#5,688 (3)#3,290 (5)
2022#15,306 (5)—#3,228 (5)
2021#8,464 (12)——
2020#6,923 (16)——
2019#7,342 (15)#4,686 (4)—
2018#12,464 (7)#5,666 (3)—
2017#9,943 (10)——
2016#12,876 (7)——
2015#8,447 (13)——
2014#6,987 (17)——
2013#7,372 (16)——
2012#10,429 (10)#4,171 (5)—
2011#7,118 (17)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #4,834.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1960.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Milka is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 270,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 610,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MilkaCanadaGirls#2,4758
MilkaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
MilkaUSGirls#11,9327