Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mila

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
Persian
Stork
Russian
Favor of the people; a short form of Ludmila

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Mila

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #7285, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #14, 8,167 births); most recent 2025 (rank #43, 4,796 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202564,796
2024–5,472
2023115,913
2022106,485
202196,336
2020106,642
2019–7,341
201858,167
201775,974
201684,830

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #39, 1,133 births); most recent 2025 (rank #40, 1,014 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20251,014
2024953
20231,127
20221,042
20211,133
2020973
20191,017
20181,050
2017774
2016679

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #8, 3,262 births); most recent 2023 (rank #48, 1,009 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20231,009
20221,181
20211,710
20202,324
20192,685
20182,583
20172,909
20163,262
20152,383
20141,927

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #67, 97 births); most recent 2025 (rank #84, 61 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202561
202474
202391
202292
202191
202079
201981
201897
201758
201670

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #29, 127 births); most recent 2025 (rank #40, 95 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202595
2024105
2023102
2022106
2021122
2020105
2019127
2018119
201797
201673

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #72, 33 births); most recent 2025 (rank #132, 15 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
202515
202413
202318
202217
202124
202023
201926
201833
201719
201623

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #9, 127 births); most recent 2023 (rank #10, 98 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202398
202295
2021127
2020106
2019101
2018116
2017126
2016117
2015102
201481

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence