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Myla

Girl · MY-la · Modern

Myla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 91st for girls in the UK (565 babies) and 210th for girls in the US (1,436 babies).

What does Myla mean?

Modern: usually taken as a feminine form of Myles or Milo

A modern name usually treated as a feminine of Myles or Milo, and close in sound to Mila.

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Is Myla a girl's or a boy's name?

Myla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 565 girls in the UK and 1,436 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Myla in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#91among girls
Babies in 2025
565about 1 in 490 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
2.8%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 565 girls in the UK were named Myla, making it the 91st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 86th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 690 girls.

Half of all the girls named Myla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 669 girls in the UK were given Myla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91.

Among girls in 2025, it was 94th in England and Wales, 74th in Scotland and 111th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#89).

1998Busiest: 690 in 20212025
Myla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025565#91
2024603#88
2023556#100
2022639#86
2021690#85
2020670#86
2019603#96
2018547#107
2017464#133
2016363#172
2015357#170
2014318#186
2013337#177
2012213#263
2011133#383
201090#505
200986#510
200857#703
200729#1,082
200615#1,681
200515#1,608
200411#1,949
20037#2,574
20020–
20017#2,341
20000–
19990–
19981#5,152

How popular is Myla in the US?

Rank in 2025
#210among girls
Babies in 2025
1,436about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 39% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,436 girls in the US were named Myla, making it the 210th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 276th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 1,646 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the girls named Myla in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,927 girls in the US were given Myla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #190, up from #210 for this spelling alone.

1913Busiest: 1,646 in 20232025
Myla in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,436#210
20241,626#186
20231,646#181
20221,606#185
20211,302#232
20201,137#276
20191,092#302
20181,167#284
20171,001#327
2016896#363
2015974#335
2014879#371
2013952#340
2012777#400
2011612#484
2010592#505
2009559#540
2008512#600
2007322#867
2006291#909
2005256#963
2004219#1,058
2003219#1,042
2002146#1,327
2001127#1,475
200093#1,841
199986#1,841
199887#1,786
199755#2,388
199641#2,896
199521#4,672
199422#4,516
199338#3,047
199227#3,860
199132#3,363
199019#4,863
198912#6,525
198824#3,800
198722#3,854
198618#4,344
198516#4,633
198422#3,612
198321#3,686
198225#3,343
198133#2,723
198028#3,069
197925#3,236
197833#2,572
197744#2,124
197618#3,677
197530#2,565
197421#3,212
197321#3,121
197226#2,680
197119#3,373
197017#3,576
196923#2,768
196823#2,630
196725#2,432
196611#3,958
196526#2,344
196422#2,674
196325#2,423
196226#2,356
196119#2,838
196022#2,572
195924#2,338
195816#2,971
195724#2,275
195633#1,870
195556#1,346
195420#2,449
195317#2,594
195210#3,551
195111#3,283
195014#2,780
194913#2,849
194819#2,254
194718#2,353
194615#2,481
194510#2,915
19448#3,377
19437#3,800
19429#3,192
194111#2,666
194010#2,736
193914#2,206
193813#2,340
19377#3,433
19368#3,101
193510#2,729
19348#3,157
19330–
19328#3,272
19319#2,970
193014#2,305
192910#2,920
19286#4,193
192712#2,698
19265#4,849
19259#3,361
19247#4,000
192317#2,169
19228#3,653
192110#3,163
19205#4,973
19199#3,217
19187#3,867
19179#3,090
19166#3,917
19157#3,433
19140–
19137#2,538

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