Female name
Mila
12,387 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2021. Expression number: 8.
Origin
From a diminutive in many Slavic languages Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.From Wiktionary, entry “Mila”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2021: 1,133 births. 12,387 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 35th among girls' names in 2023. It really came into use around 2003. It is still given: 5,269 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2018: 8,174 births. 84,577 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 14th among girls' names in 2018. It really came into use around 1921. It is still given: 29,060 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2018: 97 births. 1,040 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 58th among girls' names in 2022. It really came into use around 2011. It is still given: 409 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 32,405 | 1900–2025 | 8th in 2016 |
| Switzerland | 4,586* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 3,928 | 1980–2025 | 13th in 2024 |
| Belgium | 3,923 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Austria | 2,756 | 1984–2025 | 23rd in 2024 |
| Berlin | 2,196 | 2012–2023 | 7th in 2023 |
| Argentina | 1,370 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
4 + 9 + 3 + 1 = 17 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 1 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
4 + 3 = 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.