NameTides

Milo

Milo was the #119 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,974 babies), and #90 in England & Wales and #97 in Canada.

Milo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Milo as a boy’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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaUSScotlandNorthern Ireland
Milo as a boy’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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#119 (2,974)#90 (597)#190 (22)#253 (7)#110 (51)#97 (323)
2024#120 (3,001)#96 (567)#169 (26)#164 (13)#132 (41)#102 (291)
2023#121 (2,971)#91 (573)#174 (26)#200 (10)#127 (45)#104 (290)
2022#120 (3,115)#87 (655)#171 (28)#285 (6)#121 (50)#99 (318)
2021#127 (2,918)#83 (719)#172 (27)#200 (11)#121 (53)#103 (330)
2020#134 (2,768)#80 (720)#152 (33)#169 (13)#111 (55)#116 (297)
2019#162 (2,442)#108 (572)#163 (32)#226 (9)#183 (30)#133 (275)
2018#178 (2,200)#110 (557)#232 (19)#319 (5)#231 (23)#151 (249)
2017#224 (1,705)#119 (506)#236 (20)#279 (6)#153 (39)#183 (209)
2016#248 (1,510)#123 (504)#209 (24)#281 (6)#245 (20)#230 (160)
2015#288 (1,284)#135 (434)#320 (11)#415 (3)#173 (35)#252 (141)
2014#311 (1,120)#146 (378)#208 (25)#281 (6)#175 (35)#267 (128)
2013#312 (1,098)#159 (351)#280 (14)#271 (6)#178 (36)#302 (109)
2012#325 (971)#161 (361)#274 (14)#231 (8)#208 (28)#387 (76)
2011#358 (838)#167 (345)#325 (11)#218 (9)#183 (36)#312 (98)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #120.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 570 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 570common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 460common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 470common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 490common

Next year

On its recent trend, Milo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 570 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 540 to 1 in 600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Milo by state, 2025Alaska: #56AKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #100WIVermont: #48VTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #66WAIdaho: #52IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #47MNIllinois: #155ILMichigan: #87MINew York: #129NYMassachusetts: #112MAOregon: #55ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: #47WYSouth Dakota: #64SDIowa: #92IAIndiana: #109INOhio: #116OHPennsylvania: #119PANew Jersey: #141NJConnecticut: #151CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #133CAUtah: #30UTColorado: #54CONebraska: #49NEMissouri: #109MOKentucky: #140KYWest Virginia: #140WVVirginia: #134VAMaryland: #106MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #129AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #107KSArkansas: #151ARTennessee: #168TNNorth Carolina: #149NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: #82DCOklahoma: #142OKLouisiana: #191LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #147GAHawaii: #37HITexas: #193TXFlorida: #145FL
Milo (boys) 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#7989
Ontario2024#17179

Milo (boys): 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
MiloCanadaGirls—too few
MiloCanadaBoys#97323
MiloEngland & WalesBoys#90597
MiloIrelandBoys#11051
MiloNorthern IrelandBoys#2537
MiloScotlandBoys#19022
MiloUSGirls#5,72221
MiloUSBoys#1192,974