Mila — #33 US girls' name
79,664 babies named Mila in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.8% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Mila was born in this single decade.
8,167 babies were named Mila in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mila
The Social Security Administration has registered 79,664 babies named Mila between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mila currently holds the #33 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 8,167 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 44,110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,283 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mila in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 79,664 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mila at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Mila popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (2018)
- 8,167
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently a top-50 pick among girls.
79,664 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 8,167 births in a single year.
Mila popularity over time — boys
82 total births recorded since 2012 (Mila as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mila accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 44,110 births that decade — 55% of Mila's all-time total
Mila decade highlights
- Peak decade 44,110 births
- Runner-up 30,848 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mila's strongest decade
44,110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Mila by state
Where Mila concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13,283 | 16.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7,843 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5,960 | 7.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 4,598 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 3,380 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 2,555 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 2,512 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 2,494 | 3.1% |
13,283 of 79,664 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.7% of nationwide
- Texas 9.8% of nationwide
- Florida 7.5% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mila appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.