girl's name

Milla

  • Origin Norse
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 6,900

France

#654

2025 births

Milla is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Milla is a name of Norse origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2017, when 355 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 9,069 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1933.

Milla over time

Births per decade in France, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,035
'30 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Milla by decade in France
Decade Births
1930s 5
1990s 45
2000s 830
2010s 2,035
2020s (to 2025) 655

How popular is Milla?

In 2025, Milla was given to 65 babies in France, ranking #654 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Milla is used

France #654 65 in 2025
Scotland #882 3 in 2022
Ireland #1,044 3 in 2024
Canada #2,366 9 in 2024
United States #3,805 39 in 2025
England & Wales #4,013 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Milla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Milla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Milla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Milla in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Estonian
Illa
German
Milly
Italian
Ludmilla
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Mille

Sibling names for Milla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Milla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Milla

How popular is the name Milla?

In 2025, Milla was given to 65 babies in France, ranking #654 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Milla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Milla most popular?

Milla peaked in 2017, when 355 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Milla a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Milla currently ranks #654 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.