Myla — #186 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Myla

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,684 babies named Myla between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myla currently holds the #186 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 1,641 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8,940 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Myla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,814 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Myla in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myla 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 20,684 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.