# Milcah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/milcah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “milcah” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 176 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 176 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 22, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Hebrew מלכה (milká, “Milcah”)

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 14,963 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10,987 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,922 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,104 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,554 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,618 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,375 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,247 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,839 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,594 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,456 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,895 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,823 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,751 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## In other languages

- Finnish: Milka
- Italian: Milca

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.