Milah
Recorded 1997–2025 · United States
Milah was most popular in 2018, when 236 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,970 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,094, with 122 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,881 people named Milah.
Milah over time
How old is the name Milah?
Milah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1997, which makes it about 28 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 28 of the 29 years since.
How many people are named Milah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,881 American births named Milah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,862 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Milah in 2025?
122 American babies were named Milah in 2025, ranking #3,094 that year.
Is Milah getting more or less popular?
Milah is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 159 births a year, against 153 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +4% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Milah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Milah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,881 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Milah?
Roughly 2,862 Americans named Milah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 12. That is a narrow band because Milah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Milah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org