# Milo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/milo/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪloʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,313 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 43,847 / 466 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,152, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Latinate variant of Miles.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 9,546 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,200 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,933 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,965 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,786 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,236 |
| 2017 | 27 | 5,011 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,309 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,703 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,514 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,987 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3,395 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,253 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,559 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,849 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 838 | 358 |
| 2012 | 971 | 325 |
| 2013 | 1,098 | 312 |
| 2014 | 1,120 | 311 |
| 2015 | 1,284 | 288 |
| 2016 | 1,510 | 248 |
| 2017 | 1,705 | 224 |
| 2018 | 2,200 | 178 |
| 2019 | 2,442 | 162 |
| 2020 | 2,768 | 134 |
| 2021 | 2,918 | 127 |
| 2022 | 3,115 | 120 |
| 2023 | 2,971 | 121 |
| 2024 | 3,001 | 120 |
| 2025 | 2,974 | 119 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 345 | 167 |
| 2012 | 361 | 161 |
| 2013 | 351 | 159 |
| 2014 | 378 | 146 |
| 2015 | 434 | 135 |
| 2016 | 504 | 123 |
| 2017 | 506 | 119 |
| 2018 | 557 | 110 |
| 2019 | 572 | 108 |
| 2020 | 720 | 80 |
| 2021 | 719 | 83 |
| 2022 | 655 | 87 |
| 2023 | 573 | 91 |
| 2024 | 567 | 96 |
| 2025 | 597 | 90 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 米洛

## People named Milo

- Milo Đukanović, 2nd President of Montenegro
- Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
- Milo Yiannopoulos, British far-right political commentator
- Milo of Croton, 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton
- Milo Manheim, American actor and singer
- Oran Milo Roberts, American politician (1815-1898)
- Milo Butler, Bahamian politician (1906-1979)
- Milo Parker, British actor
- Milo Gibson, Australian-American actor
- Milo Dor, Austrian writer (1923–2005)
- Milo Aukerman, American singer scientist
- Milo Hrnić, Croatian pop singer (1950–2023)

## 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.