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Mylah

Gender
Girl
Say it
MY-la
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#432 for girls
US rank, 2025
#604 for girls

Mylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 432nd for girls in the UK (104 babies) and 604th for girls in the US (486 babies).

What does Mylah mean?

Modern: spelling of Myla

A spelling of Myla, a modern name usually treated as a feminine of Myles or Milo.

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

Mylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 girls in the UK and 486 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mylah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#432among girls
Babies in 2025
104about 1 in 2,700 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 104 girls in the UK were named Mylah, making it the 432nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 138 girls.

Half of all the girls named Mylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 669 girls in the UK were given Mylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91, up from #432 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 463rd in England and Wales, 256th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.

2008Busiest: 138 in 20222025
Mylah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025104#432
202496#467
2023105#439
2022138#352
2021111#437
202087#509
201985#527
201870#636
201755#784
201631#1,189
201537#1,040
201428#1,272
201342#949
201219#1,681
201110#2,582
20101#7,520
20096#3,603
20085#4,065

How popular is Mylah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#604among girls
Babies in 2025
486about 1 in 3,300 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 82% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 486 girls in the US were named Mylah, making it the 604th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 748th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 789 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.

2025 had fewer girls named Mylah than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Mylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,927 girls in the US were given Mylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #190, up from #604 for this spelling alone.

1993Busiest: 789 in 20232025
Mylah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025486#604
2024552#550
2023789#388
2022720#437
2021602#514
2020365#748
2019319#845
2018322#843
2017281#938
2016225#1,125
2015255#1,042
2014251#1,032
2013230#1,073
2012208#1,179
2011194#1,235
2010153#1,474
2009117#1,830
2008104#2,004
200767#2,710
200665#2,728
2005108#1,802
200427#4,812
200335#3,865
200211#8,831
200115#6,951
200010#9,156
199911#8,216
199812#7,527
19975#13,719
19960–
19950–
19940–
19935#13,435

Names like Mylah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Mylah

Names related to Mylah

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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, “Mylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mylah, updated 20 October 2026.