How rare is the name Mila?

47,530 people in the United States have the first name Mila, about 1 in 6,355. It ranks #937 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MILA

#937

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,530
About
1 in 6,355
This common or more
69.1%
Who bears it

Of the 47,530 people named Mila, 47% reported their origin as White, 32.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mila peaked in 2018, when 8,174 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
8,174
In 2025*
4,802 ▼41%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 84,577 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #82. The largest share of babies named Mila, 88.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,74510
1890s#2,74125
1900s#3,18730
1910s#4,16299
1920s#3,748178
1930s#3,846142
1940s#3,734168
1950s#3,657230
1960s#3,783258
1970s#5,250206
1980s#7,291163
1990s#5,894311
2000s#1,5672,885
2010s#14744,156
2020s#8235,716
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–129.9%
2013 and later88.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mila has been most common in Nevada (3.2×), Arizona (2.4×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in Vermont (0.25×).

82,225 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mila

#935 Emilia · 47,586#936 Lester · 47,571#938 Dianna · 47,528#939 Johnnie · 47,521

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mila, most common first.

#1,540 Milo · 21,333#7,327 Milla · 2,094#8,880 Milah · 1,604#13,331 Mili · 909#15,229 Mile · 758#18,867 Mily · 567#23,638 Mil · 413#24,147 Milia · 401

Also a last name

As a last name, Mila ranks #43,008 of 156,621, with 542 people. See Mila as a last name

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