Milo

What Milo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Milo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Milo?

US: Rising: up from #288 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #135 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 3,115 boys got the name (#120 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 574 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 456 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 893 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (8.26 per 1,000 boys), VT (7.43 per 1,000 boys), HI (6.17 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Milo is #119 in the US and #90 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Milo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mylo357 US · 136 E&W
• Melo61 US
• Miloh32 US
• Mali8 US · 8 E&W
• Mello14 US
• Myloh11 US
• Malo11 US
• Miley0 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Milo

Boys

• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Bruno#740“brown”^*
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Willa#422Editor’s note Up from #480 in 2015 to #422 in 2025 in the US
• Emory#339Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #339 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Matilda#364Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #19 vs #364 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Milo’s. Rank is US 2025.