Meaning not yet researched.
Mila: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,796 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 2018; #43 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Mila in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#43 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #14.
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Mila: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,796 girls in 2025. Peak: #14 in 2018 · most girls in one year: 8,169 (2018).
In 2025, 4,796 US girls were named Mila, making it the 43rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 10 places from #33 in 2024. That is 688 fewer than the 5,484 girls named Mila in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #14, reached in 2018. That year also had the most girls given the name: 8,169. For comparison, it was #53 in 2015 and #3,172 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mila in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 84,577 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 44,156 babies named Mila.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 61,986 US girls were named Mila; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 8,169. In 2025 that was about 1 in 335 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mila ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #14 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 41 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Linda (1,458,899 babies since 1880), Lynda (78,098 babies since 1880), Myla (22,134 babies since 1880) and Lina (19,494 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mela, Maila and Mala are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Arabic and Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mela (1,015), Maila (759), Mala (698), Meila (636), Meela (562), Milaya (435), Melah (407), Mella (333), Milia (300), Ludmila (288), Miela (179), Meilah (169), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mila in the open dataset we use.
Mila is listed as a nickname for Camila.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 480 | #14 | #25 |
| Rhode Island | 26 | #16 | #54 |
| Michigan | 180 | #20 | #46 |
| California | 786 | #22 | #30 |
| New Jersey | 179 | #26 | #59 |
| Massachusetts | 127 | #26 | #32 |
| Arizona | 126 | #31 | #29 |
| Illinois | 184 | #34 | #34 |
| New York | 298 | #35 | #61 |
| Wyoming | 8 | #38 | #123 |
| Hawaii | 13 | #39 | #8 |
| Delaware | 14 | #41 | #90 |
| Texas | 520 | #41 | #50 |
| Nevada | 40 | #44 | #37 |
| Connecticut | 56 | #46 | #56 |
| Alaska | 11 | #46 | #134 |
| New Mexico | 21 | #48 | #17 |
| Colorado | 86 | #48 | #47 |
| Maryland | 68 | #49 | #118 |
| Kansas | 45 | #52 | #55 |
| Louisiana | 60 | #53 | #86 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | #55 | #85 |
| Ohio | 140 | #57 | #71 |
| Wisconsin | 68 | #58 | #61 |
| Washington | 90 | #60 | #51 |
| Virginia | 93 | #64 | #74 |
| Pennsylvania | 139 | #64 | #71 |
| North Carolina | 127 | #69 | #129 |
| Nebraska | 26 | #71 | #90 |
| Georgia | 112 | #73 | #114 |
| Minnesota | 66 | #75 | #49 |
| Missouri | 70 | #76 | #76 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #76 | #43 |
| Iowa | 34 | #84 | #93 |
| Oklahoma | 40 | #85 | #104 |
| Utah | 49 | #87 | #86 |
| South Dakota | 11 | #91 | #146 |
| South Carolina | 46 | #92 | #154 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | #92 | #143 |
| Vermont | 5 | #92 | — |
| Indiana | 66 | #94 | #73 |
| Mississippi | 22 | #101 | #138 |
| Oregon | 33 | #103 | #68 |
| Idaho | 19 | #109 | #62 |
| Montana | 9 | #116 | #97 |
| Tennessee | 64 | #116 | #97 |
| Kentucky | 38 | #117 | #184 |
| West Virginia | 13 | #121 | #62 |
| Arkansas | 20 | #148 | #148 |
| Alabama | 26 | #174 | #201 |
| Maine | 5 | #247 | #180 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,796 | #43 | 6 | #11,544 |
| 2024 | 5,484 | #33 | — | — |
| 2023 | 5,920 | #28 | 11 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 6,487 | #18 | 10 | #8,115 |
| 2021 | 6,337 | #26 | 9 | #8,611 |
| 2020 | 6,646 | #20 | 10 | #7,888 |
| 2019 | 7,343 | #19 | — | — |
| 2018 | 8,169 | #14 | 5 | #13,485 |
| 2017 | 5,974 | #30 | 7 | #10,421 |
| 2016 | 4,830 | #48 | 8 | #9,407 |
| 2015 | 4,733 | #53 | 8 | #9,281 |
| 2014 | 4,064 | #72 | 7 | #10,368 |
| 2013 | 3,680 | #79 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,642 | #115 | 7 | #10,413 |
| 2011 | 1,798 | #174 | — | — |
| 2010 | 881 | #364 | — | — |
| 2009 | 667 | #463 | — | — |
| 2008 | 554 | #557 | — | — |
| 2007 | 385 | #761 | — | — |
| 2006 | 371 | #746 | — | — |
| 2005 | 238 | #1,024 | — | — |
| 2004 | 192 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 2003 | 180 | #1,193 | — | — |
| 2002 | 131 | #1,463 | — | — |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,953 | — | — |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,098 | — | — |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,392 | — | — |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,333 | — | — |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,579 | — | — |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,146 | — | — |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,161 | — | — |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,388 | — | — |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,881 | — | — |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,180 | — | — |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,323 | — | — |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,635 | — | — |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,466 | — | — |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,494 | — | — |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,824 | — | — |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,802 | — | — |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,891 | — | — |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,304 | — | — |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,111 | — | — |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,477 | — | — |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,091 | — | — |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,302 | — | — |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,104 | — | — |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,567 | — | — |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,904 | — | — |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,021 | — | — |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,165 | — | — |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,981 | — | — |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,024 | — | — |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,028 | — | — |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,998 | — | — |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,490 | — | — |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,406 | — | — |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,411 | — | — |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,910 | — | — |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,586 | — | — |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,883 | — | — |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,088 | — | — |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,395 | — | — |
| 1961 | 34 | #2,025 | — | — |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,625 | — | — |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,273 | — | — |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,240 | — | — |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,707 | — | — |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,991 | — | — |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,386 | — | — |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,110 | — | — |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,958 | — | — |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,480 | — | — |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,168 | — | — |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,172 | — | — |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,318 | — | — |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,303 | — | — |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,889 | — | — |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,560 | — | — |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,972 | — | — |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,357 | — | — |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,522 | — | — |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,176 | — | — |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,788 | — | — |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,526 | — | — |
| 1939 | 17 | #2,014 | — | — |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,531 | — | — |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,277 | — | — |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,355 | — | — |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,823 | — | — |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,257 | — | — |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,314 | — | — |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,011 | — | — |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,917 | — | — |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,002 | — | — |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,396 | — | — |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,820 | — | — |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,435 | — | — |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,255 | — | — |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,628 | — | — |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,427 | — | — |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,764 | — | — |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,027 | — | — |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,546 | — | — |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,943 | — | — |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,469 | — | — |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,981 | — | — |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,930 | — | — |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,215 | — | — |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,711 | — | — |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,277 | — | — |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,938 | — | — |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,427 | — | — |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,077 | — | — |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,278 | — | — |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,610 | — | — |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,127 | — | — |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,873 | — | — |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,383 | — | — |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,236 | — | — |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,165 | — | — |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #909 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).