Milo

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Milo is ranked 120th among boys in 2024 (2,988 births). Its best rank was 120th, in 2022, 2024.

Rank in 2024: #120up 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,9880.17% of boys
Peak year: 20223,111 births
Best rank: #120first in 2022
Since 1880: 40,845people given the name

Babies named Milo, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

40,845 boys have been named Milo in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 3,111 births — 0.18% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2020s alone account for 36%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Milo
1880s	219
1890s	225
1900s	261
1910s	1,378
1920s	1,687
1930s	1,165
1940s	904
1950s	885
1960s	522
1970s	563
1980s	514
1990s	656
2000s	3,298
2010s	13,821
2020s	14,747

In 2022, its biggest year

Milo was the 120th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Milo

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Mylo3,347 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.