Given name & surname
Mila
“one who is industrious and hardworking”
Mila is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Mila is a diminutive of Milagros. In Spanish usage, Mila is a diminutive of Camila.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84,577
- 88 boys · 84,489 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 8,174 babies
- 2025
- 4,802
- #43 for girls · #11,544 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 4,796 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 43 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8,169 in 2018. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (786). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 47,530 as a first name in 2020; 542 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mila’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Mila is a diminutive of Milagros. Mila has a related form in Milla. In Spanish usage, Mila is a diminutive of Camila.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mila has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Camilafull form · Spanish
- Milenafull form · Italian
- Milagrosfull form · Spanish
- Millavariant
- Miliavariant
- Ludmilafull form · Spanish
- Milaiavariant
- Miloslavafull form · Slovak
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mila
- Mila KunisAmerican actress (born 1983)
- Mila SyvatskaUkrainian actorborn 1998
- Mila Parélyactress (1917-2012)
- Mila GojsalićCroatian folk heroine1600–1530
- Mila del SolFilipino actress (1923-2020)
- Mila PavićevićCroatian writerborn 1988
- Mila AziabléTogolese engineer and politicianborn 1991
- Mila CarovskaMacedonian politicianborn 1984
- Luisa AdornoItalian writer and teacher (1921-2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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