Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: ItalianMilo is a masculine given name and a surname with multiple origins. The name was used in medieval England as the Latin version of Miles or Mile meaning soldier. It is also an ancient Greek name derived from milos, meaning "yew tree".
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Milo yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Milo of Croton, born around 550 BCE, is by centuries the oldest namesake anywhere in this batch — a wrestler whose legend involves carrying a bull. That is a long way from the name's current profile. Milo has grown 167% over the past decade, reaching 2,988 births and rank 120, just off its 2022 high of 3,111. Although it has technically appeared in every decade since 1880, the all-time total of 41,290 is the smallest here by some distance, meaning nearly all of that history is a handful of births a year. The modern bearers — Milo Ventimiglia, born 1977, among them — do more to explain the current shape than any ancient athlete. Short, ends in a vowel, no obvious nickname needed: it fits the current preference almost exactly.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 26 | #339 |
| 1881 | 19 | #392 |
| 1882 | 27 | #343 |
| 1883 | 20 | #392 |
| 1884 | 22 | #380 |
| 1885 | 21 | #390 |
| 1886 | 24 | #352 |
| 1887 | 23 | #350 |
| 1888 | 20 | #426 |
| 1889 | 17 | #455 |
| 1890 | 17 | #453 |
| 1891 | 16 | #451 |
| 1892 | 35 | #314 |
| 1893 | 20 | #414 |
| 1894 | 25 | #375 |
| 1895 | 18 | #484 |
| 1896 | 31 | #347 |
| 1897 | 20 | #431 |
| 1898 | 22 | #427 |
| 1899 | 21 | #410 |
| 1900 | 22 | #505 |
| 1901 | 27 | #357 |
| 1902 | 24 | #423 |
| 1903 | 22 | #442 |
| 1904 | 21 | #475 |
| 1905 | 18 | #561 |
| 1906 | 30 | #397 |
| 1907 | 36 | #376 |
| 1908 | 28 | #472 |
| 1909 | 33 | #445 |
| 1910 | 30 | #518 |
| 1911 | 45 | #438 |
| 1912 | 95 | #395 |
| 1913 | 112 | #408 |
| 1914 | 149 | #391 |
| 1915 | 180 | #401 |
| 1916 | 193 | #399 |
| 1917 | 193 | #407 |
| 1918 | 185 | #432 |
| 1919 | 196 | #419 |
| 1920 | 217 | #399 |
| 1921 | 197 | #435 |
| 1922 | 196 | #432 |
| 1923 | 174 | #466 |
| 1924 | 163 | #486 |
| 1925 | 157 | #486 |
| 1926 | 131 | #531 |
| 1927 | 151 | #496 |
| 1928 | 157 | #485 |
| 1929 | 144 | #489 |
| 1930 | 156 | #477 |
| 1931 | 128 | #510 |
| 1932 | 123 | #527 |
| 1933 | 124 | #505 |
| 1934 | 128 | #516 |
| 1935 | 95 | #595 |
| 1936 | 120 | #516 |
| 1937 | 111 | #554 |
| 1938 | 95 | #611 |
| 1939 | 85 | #645 |
| 1940 | 100 | #594 |
| 1941 | 94 | #627 |
| 1942 | 71 | #767 |
| 1943 | 107 | #611 |
| 1944 | 76 | #716 |
| 1945 | 86 | #653 |
| 1946 | 91 | #678 |
| 1947 | 88 | #734 |
| 1948 | 102 | #670 |
| 1949 | 89 | #733 |
| 1950 | 98 | #693 |
| 1951 | 104 | #685 |
| 1952 | 95 | #725 |
| 1953 | 82 | #794 |
| 1954 | 97 | #734 |
| 1955 | 109 | #703 |
| 1956 | 85 | #816 |
| 1957 | 76 | #869 |
| 1958 | 69 | #913 |
| 1959 | 70 | #918 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,065 |
| 1961 | 61 | #997 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,064 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,010 |
| 1964 | 62 | #972 |
| 1965 | 56 | #991 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,040 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,202 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,180 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,126 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,065 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,119 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,240 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,222 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,053 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,170 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,196 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,149 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,426 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,321 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,162 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,230 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,246 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,344 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,579 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,498 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1989 | 61 | #1,405 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,197 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,555 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,770 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,887 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,747 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,699 |
| 1996 | 58 | #1,664 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,361 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,229 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,443 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,113 |
| 2001 | 156 | #985 |
| 2002 | 212 | #808 |
| 2003 | 220 | #795 |
| 2004 | 236 | #769 |
| 2005 | 282 | #724 |
| 2006 | 338 | #673 |
| 2007 | 476 | #539 |
| 2008 | 633 | #444 |
| 2009 | 618 | #450 |
| 2010 | 655 | #423 |
| 2011 | 838 | #358 |
| 2012 | 971 | #325 |
| 2013 | 1,098 | #312 |
| 2014 | 1,120 | #311 |
| 2015 | 1,284 | #288 |
| 2016 | 1,510 | #248 |
| 2017 | 1,704 | #224 |
| 2018 | 2,199 | #178 |
| 2019 | 2,442 | #162 |
| 2020 | 2,767 | #134 |
| 2021 | 2,918 | #127 |
| 2022 | 3,111 | #120 |
| 2023 | 2,963 | #121 |
| 2024 | 2,988 | #120 |
