Milah Girl

How popular is Milah?

#1,684 girl name in 2025

122 baby girls were named Milah in the US in 2025, making it the 1684th most popular girl name.

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2,867living people named Milah (est.)
9median age of people named Milah
2,881babies named Milah since 1880
1 in 27,175US babies born in 2025

Milah popularity over time

0125250 18801900192019401960198020002020
Rank in 2025#1,684 for girls (▼ 175 from 2024)
Babies in 2025122 girls
10-year trendFalling (-43% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,183 in 2015, #1,165 in 2020
Peak year2018 (236 girls)
Highest rank#1,075 in 2018
First recorded1997
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Milah counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mila family of names ranked #28 for girls in 2025 (#19 the year before), with 6,879 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Mila 4,796 70%
Myla 1,436 21%
Mylah 486 7%
Milah 122 2%
Milla 39 1%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Milah is most popular

Babies named Milah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
  2. Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (66 girls)
  3. California: 0.2 per 1,000 (129 girls)
  4. Idaho: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  5. Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 girls)

Milah by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s18#8,011
2000s190#3,618
2010s1,680#1,075
2020s993#1,165

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Questions

Is Milah a boy or girl name?
Milah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Milah were girls.
How popular is the name Milah?
122 baby girls were named Milah in the US in 2025, making it the 1684th most popular girl name.
When was Milah most popular?
Milah peaked in 2018, when 236 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,075 in 2018.
How many people are named Milah?
2,881 babies have been named Milah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,867 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
Where is Milah most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Milah was most common in Ohio, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.