Mili
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-lee
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Mili is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Mili come from?
Pet form of names such as Emilia, Milagros or Milica
Is Mili a girl's or a boy's name?
Mili is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mili in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Mili, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 20 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Mili than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Mili in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Mili in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Mili, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Mili in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mili in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Mili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maisie Mia Myla Mila Mali Remi Freya Zara Harper Lily Maya Isla
Names related to Mili
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, “Mili: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mili, updated 20 October 2026.