girls:
74.2k births since 1881
#453 (92nd percentile)
boys:
82 births since 2012
#4504 (2nd percentile)
overall:
74.2k births since 1881
#839 (89th percentile)
The name Mila is the #839 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 74,238 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 89.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #453 (92.1% percentile) for all time with 74,156 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #4,504 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 82 births since 2012.
Mila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Mila is available in 122 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (122 years for girls and 10 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mila has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Mila reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 98.6% percentile (ranked #14) with 4,391 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 4,391 births per million (ranked 98.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mila ranks #27 for girls (97.3% percentile) with 3,370 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mila reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #905) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mila is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #905 (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mila".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.1% confident that Mila is pronounced as MEE-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAI-luh, at 15.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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