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Mila

Pronounced M AY1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2018
  • 144 years in use
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How popular is Mila?

Mila is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 100,926 children — the 360th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2018, when 9,373 children were given it.

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2018Girls: 9,373Boys: 5

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
M AY1 L AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Mila

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Mila

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Mila?
Mila ranks 360th among girls' names in US records, with 100,926 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 74,749.
Is Mila a unisex name?
No. Mila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mila most popular?
2018, when 9,373 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.