Milo
Milo was given to 2,974 boys in 2025, #119 among boys’ names; 44,313 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 38,200 Americans named Milo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 7 years old and half are between 4 and 13.
Milo came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1965 and returned in 2001.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Milo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Milo mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Milo is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.”
Also “an English surname originating as a patronymic transferred from the given name.”
A Latinate variant of Miles.
/ˈmaɪloʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Milo?
#119 among boys’ names, 2025
Milo rose from #288 in 2015 to #119 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.67 to 1.7 per 1,000.
3,162 babies in 2022, the peak
Milo peaked in 2022, when 3,162 babies were given it (3,115 boys, #120 among boys’ names). The 2,995 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 95% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,974 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 3,001 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2,971 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 3,115 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 2,918 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 2,768 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 2,442 | #162 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 2,200 | #178 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 1,705 | #224 | 0.92 |
| 2016 | 1,510 | #248 | 0.80 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,284 | #288 | 0.67 |
| 2014 | 1,120 | #311 | 0.58 |
| 2013 | 1,098 | #312 | 0.58 |
| 2012 | 971 | #325 | 0.51 |
| 2011 | 838 | #358 | 0.44 |
| 2010 | 655 | #423 | 0.34 |
| 2009 | 618 | #450 | 0.31 |
| 2008 | 633 | #444 | 0.31 |
| 2007 | 476 | #539 | 0.23 |
| 2006 | 338 | #673 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 282 | #724 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 236 | #769 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 220 | #794 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 212 | #807 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 156 | #984 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,111 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,441 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,226 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,358 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 58 | #1,661 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,694 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,742 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,766 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,549 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,192 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 61 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,689 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,578 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,321 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,425 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,196 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,170 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,119 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,065 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,126 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,202 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,040 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,111 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 56 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 62 | #972 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,009 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,063 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 61 | #997 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,065 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 70 | #917 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 69 | #912 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 76 | #869 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 85 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 109 | #702 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 97 | #733 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 82 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 95 | #724 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 104 | #684 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 98 | #692 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 89 | #732 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 102 | #669 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 88 | #733 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 91 | #678 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 86 | #653 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 76 | #716 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 107 | #611 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 71 | #767 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 94 | #627 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 100 | #594 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 85 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 95 | #611 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 111 | #554 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 120 | #516 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 95 | #595 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 128 | #516 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 124 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 123 | #527 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 128 | #510 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 156 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1929 | 144 | #489 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 157 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 151 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 131 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 157 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 163 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 174 | #466 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 196 | #432 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 197 | #435 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 217 | #399 | 0.20 |
| 1919 | 196 | #419 | 0.20 |
| 1918 | 185 | #432 | 0.18 |
| 1917 | 193 | #407 | 0.21 |
| 1916 | 193 | #399 | 0.22 |
| 1915 | 180 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1914 | 149 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1913 | 112 | #408 | 0.22 |
| 1912 | 95 | #395 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 45 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 30 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 33 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 28 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 36 | #376 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 30 | #397 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 18 | #561 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 21 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 22 | #442 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 24 | #423 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 27 | #357 | 0.25 |
| 1900 | 22 | #505 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 21 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1898 | 22 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 20 | #431 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 31 | #347 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 18 | #484 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 25 | #375 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 20 | #414 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 35 | #314 | 0.29 |
| 1891 | 16 | #451 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 17 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 17 | #455 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 20 | #426 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 23 | #350 | 0.23 |
| 1886 | 24 | #352 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 21 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 22 | #380 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 20 | #392 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 27 | #343 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 19 | #392 | 0.19 |
| 1880 | 26 | #339 | 0.24 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Milo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 44,313 Americans recorded as Milo, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 21 girls and 2,974 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Milo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Milo, and how old are they?
38,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 44,313 Americans ever recorded as Milo. The median Milo alive today is 7 years old; half are between 4 and 13.
The 2020 Census counted 21,333 people named Milo (428 women and girls, 20,905 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,607 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 337 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 994 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 756 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 819 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,010 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 29,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Milo born?
The states with the most babies named Milo are California, Texas and Florida, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 306 | #133 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 199 | #194 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 149 | #147 | 0.6× |
| New York | 146 | #130 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 115 | #119 | 0.9× |
| Washington | 107 | #66 | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 107 | #120 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 106 | #87 | 1.2× |
| Colorado | 103 | #54 | 1.3× |
| Minnesota | 101 | #48 | 2.2× |
Where Milo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Milo is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Milo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 48,500 babies since 1880, Milo is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,995 of their 3,408 babies (88%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Milo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Milo and names like it
- Compare Milo and MyloBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMilo peaked in 2022.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Milo since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Milo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Milo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Milo alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.