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Mylo

Gender
Boy
Say it
MY-loh
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#334 for boys
US rank, 2025
#736 for boys

Mylo is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 334th for boys in the UK (147 babies) and 736th for boys in the US (357 babies).

What does Mylo mean?

Germanic: spelling of Milo; origin uncertain

A spelling of Milo, an Old Germanic name brought to England by the Normans, where it usually became Miles.

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

Mylo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 147 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 357 boys in the US.

How popular is Mylo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
334th among boys
Babies in 2025
147 about 1 in 2,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 147 boys in the UK were named Mylo, making it the 334th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 294th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 179 boys.

Half of all the boys named Mylo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 773 boys in the UK were given Mylo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #83, up from #334 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 325th in England and Wales and 316th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 179 in 20212025
Mylo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025147#334
2024146#341
2023153#320
2022163#313
2021179#289
2020178#294
2019143#356
2018138#367
2017128#398
2016118#413
2015138#368
2014108#425
2013115#406
2012161#318
2011106#412
201078#502
200956#643
200864#578
200737#812
200630#894
200526#944
20046#2,399
20034#2,990
20020–
20016#2,049
20003#3,146
19997#1,749
19985#2,170
19976#1,853
19965#2,094

How popular is Mylo in the US?

Rank in 2025
736th among boys
Babies in 2025
357 about 1 in 4,800 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 71% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 357 boys in the US were named Mylo, making it the 736th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 802nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 437 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919. 13 girls were also named Mylo in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Mylo in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,380 boys in the US were given Mylo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #116, up from #736 for this spelling alone.

1919Busiest: 437 in 20242025
Mylo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025357#736
2024437#642
2023373#711
2022424#651
2021342#745
2020289#802
2019229#942
2018166#1,154
2017106#1,541
2016105#1,563
201584#1,790
201471#1,999
201380#1,793
201285#1,755
201158#2,231
201033#3,307
200924#4,158
200829#3,643
200719#4,806
200615#5,521
200513#5,869
200413#5,807
200312#5,870
20025#10,660
20017#8,332
20009#6,832
19990–
19986#8,472
19976#8,104
19960–
19956#7,785
19945#8,794
19935#8,693
19920–
19910–
19906#7,171
19890–
19880–
19876#6,083
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19798#4,401
19785#5,769
19770–
19760–
19757#4,307
19740–
19738#3,692
19720–
19710–
19705#4,722
19690–
19680–
19676#3,557
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19595#3,986
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19526#3,370
19510–
19507#3,020
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19426#3,211
19415#3,504
19409#2,478
19390–
19380–
19370–
19365#3,548
19350–
19340–
19336#3,267
19326#3,360
19310–
19305#3,999
19298#2,978
19287#3,355
19270–
19265#4,199
19255#4,195
19240–
19235#4,236
19225#4,305
19210–
19200–
19196#3,735

Names like Mylo

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

Other spellings of Mylo

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