Milagros
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-LAH-grohs
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,540 for girls
Milagros is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “miracles”. In 2025 it ranked 1,540th for girls in the US (137 babies).
What does Milagros mean?
Spanish: from a Marian title
“miracles”
Taken from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de los Milagros, 'Our Lady of Miracles'.
Is Milagros a girl's or a boy's name?
Milagros is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 137 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milagros in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,540among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 137about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 137 girls in the US were named Milagros, making it the 1,540th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,623rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 409 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
2025 had fewer girls named Milagros than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Milagros in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Milagros in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,540 |
| 2024 | 185 | #1,259 |
| 2023 | 168 | #1,344 |
| 2022 | 153 | #1,451 |
| 2021 | 146 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 128 | #1,623 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,864 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | 119 | #1,761 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,505 |
| 2015 | 187 | #1,287 |
| 2014 | 169 | #1,371 |
| 2013 | 208 | #1,152 |
| 2012 | 204 | #1,201 |
| 2011 | 259 | #986 |
| 2010 | 259 | #979 |
| 2009 | 366 | #776 |
| 2008 | 409 | #728 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,579 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,581 |
| 2005 | 161 | #1,350 |
| 2004 | 166 | #1,289 |
| 2003 | 167 | #1,253 |
| 2002 | 204 | #1,050 |
| 2001 | 142 | #1,347 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,865 |
| 1999 | 92 | #1,736 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,955 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,020 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,994 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,894 |
| 1992 | 79 | #1,814 |
| 1991 | 87 | #1,683 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,697 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,661 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,637 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,649 |
| 1984 | 95 | #1,303 |
| 1983 | 104 | #1,220 |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,363 |
| 1981 | 92 | #1,354 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,433 |
| 1979 | 102 | #1,251 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,126 |
| 1977 | 125 | #1,052 |
| 1976 | 124 | #1,009 |
| 1975 | 108 | #1,083 |
| 1974 | 105 | #1,107 |
| 1973 | 110 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,056 |
| 1971 | 122 | #1,015 |
| 1970 | 164 | #833 |
| 1969 | 145 | #868 |
| 1968 | 151 | #826 |
| 1967 | 157 | #793 |
| 1966 | 154 | #794 |
| 1965 | 176 | #753 |
| 1964 | 185 | #764 |
| 1963 | 167 | #803 |
| 1962 | 164 | #816 |
| 1961 | 133 | #929 |
| 1960 | 162 | #817 |
| 1959 | 168 | #785 |
| 1958 | 163 | #782 |
| 1957 | 145 | #844 |
| 1956 | 162 | #767 |
| 1955 | 122 | #878 |
| 1954 | 132 | #816 |
| 1953 | 90 | #1,014 |
| 1952 | 92 | #982 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,170 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,696 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
Nicknames for Milagros
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Milagros
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marisol Esmeralda Mara Mia Melody Melanie Marina Alana Dulce Luz Melissa Vanessa
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Milagros: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milagros, updated 20 October 2026.