Milla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MIL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Milla is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Milla mean?
Latin: short form of Camilla or Ludmila
Short form of Camilla or Ludmila, popular in Finland and Scandinavia.
Is Milla a girl's or a boy's name?
Milla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Milla, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 69 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Milla than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Milla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Milla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,127 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 69 | #660 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 45 | #836 |
| 2008 | 41 | #876 |
| 2007 | 48 | #754 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Milla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Milla, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,823rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Milla in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Milla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 81 | #2,294 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2012 | 135 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | 144 | #1,524 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,742 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,635 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,013 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
Names like Milla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Mila, Myla, Safa, Isla, Ava, Zara, Lyla, Ayla, Bella, Lyra, Mia
Names related to Milla
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Milla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milla, updated 20 October 2026.