first name
MILO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,333 people named Milo, 68.4% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.4% as two or more races. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Milo peaked in 2022, when 3,162 babies got the name.
At least 44,313 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Milo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #211. The largest share of babies named Milo, 66.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Milo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Milo has been most common in Utah (4.3×), South Dakota (2.9×), and Minnesota (2.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.18×).
38,739 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 Milo
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Milo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Milo ranks #12,124 of 156,621, with 2,454 people. See Milo as a last name
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