Myla
Myla was given to 1,436 girls in 2025, #210 among girls’ names; 22,134 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 21,600 Americans named Myla and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 14.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Myla by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Myla mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Myla is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Myla?
#210 among girls’ names, 2025
Myla rose from #337 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.55 to 0.89 per 1,000.
1,646 babies in 2023, the peak
Myla peaked in 2023, when 1,646 girls were given it, #181 among girls’ names. The 1,436 births of 2025 are 87% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,436 | #210 | 0.89 |
| 2024 | 1,626 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 1,646 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 1,606 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 1,302 | #232 | 0.79 |
| 2020 | 1,137 | #276 | 0.70 |
| 2019 | 1,092 | #302 | 0.65 |
| 2018 | 1,167 | #284 | 0.69 |
| 2017 | 1,001 | #327 | 0.58 |
| 2016 | 896 | #363 | 0.51 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 974 | #337 | 0.55 |
| 2014 | 879 | #371 | 0.49 |
| 2013 | 952 | #340 | 0.54 |
| 2012 | 777 | #401 | 0.44 |
| 2011 | 612 | #484 | 0.35 |
| 2010 | 592 | #505 | 0.33 |
| 2009 | 559 | #540 | 0.30 |
| 2008 | 512 | #601 | 0.27 |
| 2007 | 322 | #867 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 291 | #909 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 256 | #964 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 219 | #1,060 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 219 | #1,046 | 0.12 |
| 2002 | 146 | #1,333 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,486 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,848 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,849 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,794 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 55 | #2,414 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,935 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,791 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,638 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,082 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,928 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,413 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,993 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,812 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,855 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,934 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,472 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,789 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,682 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,767 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,387 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,757 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,109 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,303 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,615 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,153 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,771 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,595 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,278 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,199 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,718 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,459 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,671 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,816 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,687 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,474 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,128 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,387 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,723 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,467 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,395 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,920 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,626 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,378 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,052 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,330 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,885 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,666 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,718 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,424 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,863 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,955 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,304 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,420 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,563 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,065 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,594 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,084 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,362 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,790 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,899 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,276 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,411 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,701 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,303 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,874 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,378 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,484 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,155 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,386 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,076 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,561 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,809 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,390 | under 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,580 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,321 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,907 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,330 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,529 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,388 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,156 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,279 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,256 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,682 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,726 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Myla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Myla has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Myla: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Myla, and how old are they?
21,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 22,134 Americans ever recorded as Myla. The median Myla alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 14.
The 2020 Census counted 12,455 people named Myla (12,434 women and girls, 21 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,304 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 49 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 318 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 363 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 382 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,910 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,600 |
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 Myla born?
The states with the most babies named Myla are California, Texas and Florida, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 133 | #249 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 109 | #311 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 99 | #183 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | #127 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 70 | #158 | 1.3× |
| New York | 67 | #256 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 62 | #167 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 55 | #156 | 1.2× |
| Indiana | 44 | #157 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 37 | #215 | 0.9× |
Where Myla is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Myla is most over-represented in Ohio: since 1913 it was given 1.3 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 girls’ 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 Myla 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 125,179 babies since 1880, Myla is the second most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,436 of their 7,073 babies (20%), again the second 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 Myla
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 Myla and names like it
- Compare Myla and MilaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMyla peaked in 2023.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Myla since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Myla.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Myla alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.