Girl's name
Mila
Say it MEE-luh
Slavic origin grace, beloved
2 syllables
Where Mila is loved, common and rare
Loved in four German cities, the Netherlands, Switzerland and four more places. Common across Quebec, Sweden, Ontario and 12 more places. Rare in Norway, Poland, Northern Ireland and two more places.
1 in 188 girls born in Scotland in 2025
Cologne 1stBerlin 2ndThe Netherlands 5th
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Every place
In 30 of the 40 official lists, among them Cologne (1st), Berlin (2nd) and the Netherlands (5th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne city | 1st 2023 | 88 | about 1 in 70 |
| Berlin city | 2nd 2023 | 160 | about 1 in 91 |
| The Netherlands | 5th 2025 | 618 | about 1 in 99 |
| Munich city | 7th 2025 | 59 | about 1 in 71 |
| New Zealand | 8th 2025 | 131 | rank only |
| Switzerland | 9th 2025 | 222 | 1 in 153 |
| Slovenia | 9th 2025 | 123 | about 1 in 54 |
| British Columbia province | 10th 2023 | 98 | about 1 in 122 |
| Quebec province | 15th 2025 | 246 | about 1 in 106 |
| Sweden | 20th 2025 | 332 | about 1 in 121 |
| Ontario province | 21st 2024 | 278 | about 1 in 196 |
| Victoria state | 21st 2025 | 197 | rank only |
| New South Wales state | 21st 2025 | 195 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 25th 2025 | 46 | rank only |
| Austria | 26th 2025 | 250 | 1 in 143 |
| Queensland state | 39th 2025 | 114 | rank only |
| England and Wales | 40th 2025 | 1,014 | 1 in 250 |
| Scotland | 40th 2025 | 95 | 1 in 188 |
| France | 53rd 2025 | 815 | 1 in 352 |
| Ireland | 80th 2025 | 61 | 1 in 346 |
| Israel מילא | 81st 2024 | 431 | about 1 in 182 |
| Norway | 101st 2025 | 58 | 1 in 376 |
| Poland | 117th 2025 | 101 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Northern Ireland | 132nd 2025 | 15 | 1 in 486 |
| Catalonia region | 137th 2025 | 32 | 1 in 602 |
| Italy | 336th 2024 | 45 | 1 in 3,982 |
| Leipzig city | 4th 2025 | 25 | about 1 in 105 |
| Croatia | 6th 2025 | 307 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 13th 2025 | 21 | about 1 in 144 |
| Rostock city | 36th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 197 |
Rare, below the listed names: Spain and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
In many Slavic languages, including Bulgarian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian, Mila is a pet form of names containing the element mil-, 'grace, beloved', such as Ludmila, Milena and Milica. It also exists as a Spanish name.
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It has two syllables, MEE-luh, and a soft, simple sound. Milla and Myla are variant spellings, Míla is an accented form, and Lyudmila and Ljudmila are among the longer names it can shorten.
Mila is a top-ten name in the Netherlands, Croatia and Switzerland, and in the English-speaking world it ranks high in New Zealand and British Columbia. The French records first show it in 1926 and place its peak in 2016, and today its trend is mixed.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- MEE-luh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
grace, beloved
- Origin
- Slavic
- Other spellings
- Myla
- Linda
- Lina
- Milla
- Milia
- Amila
- Maila
- Lynda
- Lyudmila
- Ljudmila
- Ludmiła
- Mala
- Ludmilla
- Liudmila
- Mirlinda
- Erlinda
Counted together here: Míla.
Etymology
From a diminutive in many Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 5 of 28 regions, falling in 7.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 81 | 74 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 39 | 45 | 35 | 46 | 40 |
| Scotland | 70 | 52 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 40 |
| Northern Ireland | 108 | 122 | 72 | 83 | 90 | 97 | 127 | 115 | 150 | 132 |
| Ireland | 84 | 104 | 67 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 80 |
| Ontario | 28 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 21 | |
| British Columbia | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 10 | ||
| New South Wales | 39 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 21 |
| Victoria | 28 | 34 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 21 |
| Queensland | 44 | 38 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 39 |
| South Australia | 31 | 36 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 37 | 25 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Quebec | 24 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| France | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 53 |
| The Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| Austria | 59 | 51 | 36 | 38 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 26 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Berlin | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Munich | 35 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Cologne | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bonn | 16 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| Leipzig | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Rostock | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 |
| Norway | 142 | 98 | 119 | 82 | 112 | 82 | 102 | 93 | 93 | 101 |
| Sweden | 93 | 74 | 43 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 20 |
| Finland | 28 | 31 | 43 | |||||||
| Catalonia | 251 | 188 | 162 | 197 | 231 | 159 | 130 | 220 | 118 | 137 |
| Italy | 354 | 366 | 371 | 324 | 349 | 336 | ||||
| Poland | 129 | 127 | 138 | 136 | 133 | 112 | 121 | 111 | 118 | 117 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Croatia | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Israel | 133 | 137 | 112 | 79 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 81 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | 1,014 | 400.3 |
| 2024 | 46 | 953 | 369.4 |
| 2023 | 35 | 1,127 | 439.3 |
| 2022 | 45 | 1,042 | 395.4 |
| 2021 | 39 | 1,133 | 413.4 |
| 2020 | 47 | 973 | 362.5 |
| 2019 | 50 | 1,017 | 363.1 |
| 2018 | 49 | 1,050 | 364.2 |
| 2017 | 74 | 774 | 258.8 |
| 2016 | 81 | 679 | 221.1 |
| 2015 | 79 | 692 | 224.7 |
| 2014 | 106 | 533 | 173.8 |
| 2013 | 124 | 456 | 147.8 |
| 2012 | 160 | 326 | 101.2 |
| 2011 | 261 | 186 | 57.9 |
| 2010 | 616 | 62 | 19.3 |
| 2009 | 547 | 71 | 22.7 |
| 2008 | 710 | 50 | 15.8 |
| 2007 | 683 | 50 | 16.3 |
| 2006 | 649 | 49 | 16.4 |
| 2005 | 931 | 29 | 10.1 |
| 2004 | 1072 | 22 | 7.7 |
| 2003 | 799 | 33 | 11.8 |
| 2002 | 1442 | 13 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | 1107 | 18 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 1313 | 14 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 2189 | 7 | 2.5 |
| 1998 | 2701 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1997 | 3174 | 4 | 1.4 |
| 1996 | 2683 | 5 | 1.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Mila in France since 1925 were born in or after 2016. First recorded in 1926. Her peak year there: 2016, at 924.9 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Mila per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2016 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Mila
1 in 108 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mila.
1 in 70 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mila.
1 in 132 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mila. Same first letter as Mila.
1 in 99 in Scotland
1 in 330 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mila.
1 in 201 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mila.
1 in 109 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mila.
1 in 190 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mila.
1 in 141 in Scotland
1 in 471 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mila.
Middle names for Mila
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Mila Grace
2-1 beats · initials MG
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Mila Olivia
2-4 beats · initials MO · Mila slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Mila slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Mila Sophia
2-3 beats · initials MS
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Mila Rose
2-1 beats · initials MR
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Mila Maria
2-3 beats · initials MM
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Mila Emily
2-3 beats · initials ME · Mila slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Mila slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Mila Julia
2-3 beats · initials MJ
Changes the beat after Mila: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Mila Charlotte
2-2 beats · initials MC
A close match on style, era and popularity. Same length as Mila: 2 syllables.
Same style as Mila
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 141 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 189 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
96% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 108 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 109 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 330 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
1 in 102 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Mila across countries and decades.
Famous people named Mila
Mila Syvatska.
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Ukrainian actor born 1998
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Mila
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Mila?
Her best rank is No. 5 in the Netherlands in 2025, about 1 in 99 girls. She is in the published lists of 30 of our 40 regions.
What does Mila mean?
Wiktionary glosses Mila as "grace, beloved".
How do you pronounce Mila?
MEE-luh, with 2 syllables.
Is Mila getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 5 of 28 regions, falling in 7.
Which sister names go with Mila?
The deck's top five sisters for Mila: Ava, Lily, Maya, Sophia and Luna. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.