Given name & surname
Milagros
“lady of miracles; refers to the Virgin Mary”
Milagros is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “lady of miracles; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Original SpanishMila
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “lady of miracles; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milagros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,479
- 5 boys · 10,474 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 409 babies
- 2025
- 137
- #1,545 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 137 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,545 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 409 in 2008. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (28). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,183 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Milagros’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Milagros has a diminutive in Mila. Milagros has a related form in Milagro. Milagros has a related form in Milagritos.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Milagros
- Milagros SequeraVenezuelan tennis playerborn 1980
- Milagros Cabralfemale volleyball player from the Dominican Republicborn 1978
- Milagros MenéndezArgentinian association football player (1997-)
- Milagros LealSpanish actress (1902-1975)
- Milagros CollarSpanish volleyball playerborn 1988
- Milagros TolónSpanish politicianborn 1968
- Milagros MumenthalerArgentinian film director and screenwriterborn 1977
- Milagros Ortiz BoschVice-president of the Dominican Republicborn 1936
- Milagros MarcosSpanish politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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