girl's name
Mily
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 851
Mily is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2008, when 47 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1981.
Mily over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 62 |
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 158 |
| 2010s | 193 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 73 |
How popular is Mily?
In 2025, Mily was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Mily is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Mily
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Mily also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mily over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Mily 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.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Miley
Sibling names for Mily
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mily — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Mily
How popular is the name Mily?
In 2025, Mily was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Mily a girl's or a boy's name?
Mily is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Mily most popular?
Mily peaked in 2008, when 47 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Mily a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mily currently ranks #2,186 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.