Baby name meaning

Mila

Gracious, dear, or beloved · Slavic origin

Meaning & origin

Mila is a female name of Slavic origin, meaning “Gracious, dear, or beloved”.

How popular is Mila?

In England & Wales, Mila ranked #46 among girls' names in 2024, with 953 babies given the name — up from #106 in 2014. Its strongest year in the England & Wales series is 2023, when it reached #35.

In the United States, Mila was the #20 girls' name in the 2020 data — its best showing in the US series, which samples one year per decade from 1880.

Mila — popularity rank over timePopularity rank of the girls' name Mila over time, lower rank number = more popular. England and Wales annual rank 1996 to 2024. United States rank sampled one year per decade, 1950 to 2020.#1#10#100#1,000#10,00019501960197019801990200020102024US 1950: #3,172US 1960: #2,625US 1970: #2,998US 1980: #4,091US 1990: #4,635US 2000: #2,098US 2010: #364US 2020: #20England & Wales 2024: #46United StatesEngland & Wales
Mila’s popularity rank over time — England & Wales annual rank (solid) and United States rank sampled once per decade (dashed), #1 at the top. Log scale: each gridline is 10× the rank above it.
Mila in England & Wales: rank and births in sampled years, plus its peak year. Source: ONS ‘Baby names in England and Wales’.
YearE&W rankBirths
1996#2,9605
2000#1,36114
2005#94629
2010#62062
2015#79692
2020#47973
2023#351,127
2024#46953

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