Names like Mila

In 2025, 4,796 girls born in the US were named Mila, #43 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1881, dropped out, and has been back every year since 2006.

Its best rank was #14, in 2018.

The most births in one year were 8,169, in 2018.

For 7 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 2001 or later (Mila's began in 2006).

Mila's rank every ten years

1. 1880
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2. 1890
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3. 1900
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4. 1910
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5. 1920
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6. 1930
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7. 1940
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8. 1950
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9. 1960
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10. 1970
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11. 1980
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12. 1990
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13. 2000
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14. 2010
    #363
15. 2020
    #20
16. 2025
    #43

— outside the top 1,000

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Mila's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.