Myla
Myla was the 210th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,436 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 181st with 1,646 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 127 places. More babies were named Myla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it MY-luh /ˈmaɪlə/
- Rank in 2025
- #210 girls, up 66 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,436girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20231,646 babies
- Total since 1880
- 22,134babies recorded
What does the name Myla mean?
Myla is a modern girl's name without a documented etymology. Wiktionary records it only as a female given name, and Wikipedia lists a few bearers and unrelated Russian place names. It may be used as a feminine of Miles or Milo, or as a variant of Mila or Mylah, but none of these links is documented. Meanings found online for Myla are borrowed from those other names.
How sure is this? Not documented. No documented origin; possible links to Miles, Milo or Mila are unconfirmed.
Related names: Mila, Mylah, Milo, Miles, Lyla.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Myla', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Myla', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Myla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #210 | 1,436 |
| 2020 | #276 | 1,137 |
| 2010 | #505 | 592 |
| 2000 | #1,852 | 93 |
| 1990 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,109 | 28 |
| 1970 | #3,672 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,627 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,864 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,900 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,387 | 14 |
| 1920 | #5,531 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Myla, counting every spelling?
Myla is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #181 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #210 for Myla on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,922 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myla | 1,436 | #210 | 7,616 |
| Mylah | 486 | #605 | 3,149 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Myla?
1,436 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Myla (0.40 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Myla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 6 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Myla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Myla?
About 21,600 people born in the US named Myla are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Myla a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Myla by state
How common Myla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Montana (3.1×), South Dakota (2.6×), Hawaii (2.4×), New Mexico (2.4×), Iowa (2.3×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Alaska, Maine, Texas.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Myla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Myla, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Myla · Sibling names for Myla
Questions about the name Myla
How popular is the name Myla?
Myla was the 210th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,436 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 181st with 1,646 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 127 places. More babies were named Myla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Myla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Myla in the US.
Where is Myla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Myla was most common in Montana (2.88 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Dakota and Hawaii.