Myla

What Myla means

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

Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Myla?

US: Rising: up from #335 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #182 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 1,646 girls got the name (#181 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

• About 1 in 1,119 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 517 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 320 baby girls 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 HI (4.66 per 1,000 girls), DE (3.1 per 1,000 girls), SD (2.62 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Myla is #210 in the US and #94 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Myla were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mila4,796 US · 1,014 E&W
• Mylah486 US · 86 E&W
• Mali37 US · 132 E&W
• Mayla115 US · 29 E&W
• Milah122 US · 15 E&W
• Mylee115 US · 10 E&W
• Maela54 US · 15 E&W
• Meila39 US · 17 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 Myla

Girls

• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Myla’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.