How Many People Are Named Mila?
people named Mila are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,094 people in the US has this name
Based on 84,577 babies named Mila in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
8,174 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu "gracious, dear".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mila (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mila alive today is about 7 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mila first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2018, to 8,174 babies. In 2025, 4,802 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mila never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #14, in 2018, and it was in the top 100 for 13 years, 2013 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #43.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #43 |
| Best rank | #14 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | 13 (2013 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #50 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mila were born in California than in any other state: about 13,984 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mila was given 2.7 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in Rhode Island and 1.6 times in New Mexico.
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