Milaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Milaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
Where does Milaya come from?
Modern: elaboration of Mila; compare Russian milaya 'dear'
Is Milaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Milaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Milaya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Milaya of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Milaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
How popular is Milaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 137% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Milaya, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Milaya of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Milaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Milaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Milaya 90
- Milayah 30
Milaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Nicknames for Milaya
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Milaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Nusaybah Hafsa Ayra Raya Alaya Aaliyah Zainab Amira Safiya Ayah
Other spellings of Milaya
Names related to Milaya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Milaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milaya, updated 20 October 2026.