Milayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Milayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
Where does Milayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Milaya; elaboration of Mila; compare Russian milaya 'dear'
Meaning borrowed from Milaya.
Is Milayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Milayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Milayah, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had the most girls named Milayah of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Milayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Milayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
- Milaya 90
- Milayah 30
Milayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Nicknames for Milayah
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Milayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaliyah Zalayah Aziyah Alaiyah Kaliyah Maziyah Kamiyah Jaziyah Hadassah Jaliyah Naziyah
Other spellings of Milayah
Names related to Milayah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Milayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milayah, updated 20 October 2026.