Meaning and history
Míla is a name derived from the Slavic element milŭ, meaning “gracious” or “dear,” and it originally developed as a short form of names containing that element.
20062006: 371 births, rank #743
2007: 385 births, rank #759
2008: 554 births, rank #556
2009: 667 births, rank #463
2010: 881 births, rank #364
20112011: 1,798 births, rank #174
2012: 2,642 births, rank #115
2013: 3,680 births, rank #78
2014: 4,064 births, rank #72
2015: 4,733 births, rank #53
20162016: 4,830 births, rank #48
2017: 5,974 births, rank #30
2018: 8,169 births, rank #14
2019: 7,343 births, rank #19
2020: 6,646 births, rank #20
20212021: 6,337 births, rank #26
2022: 6,487 births, rank #18
2023: 5,920 births, rank #28
2024: 5,484 births, rank #33
20252025: 4,796 births, rank #43
Mila has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1881, it fell to #909 by 1881, before climbing to #43 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 8,169 births.