Milo

maleGermanic, via Latinisation

Commonly treated as an Old German/Latinised form connected to the name Miles, rather than carrying its own distinct root meaning. No source-confirmed connection to Emil was found, despite that link sometimes being assumed.

Origin: Germanic, via Latinisation

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #80 in England and Wales in 2020. See regions.

Milo: Recorded since 1987, it reached #80 in 2020, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#80highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Milo's record

Moved 133 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

MY-loh/ˈmaɪloʊ/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Germanic, via Latinisation
Meaning: Commonly treated as an Old German/Latinised form connected to the name Miles, rather than carrying its own distinct root meaning. No source-confirmed connection to Emil was found, despite that link sometimes being assumed.
Pronunciation: MY-loh
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Germanic, via Latinisation

Popularity

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#305
1997	#256
1998	#244
1999	#212
2000	#287
2001	#275
2002	#361
2003	#313
2004	#352
2005	#238
2006	#238
2007	#222
2008	#181
2009	#175
2010	#164
2011	#167
2012	#161
2013	#159
2014	#146
2015	#135
2016	#123
2017	#119
2018	#110
2019	#108
2020	#80
2021	#83
2022	#87
2023	#91
2024	#96
2025	#90

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2025: #90 among boys in England and Wales, #110 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #287 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #303 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #90 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Milo appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 30 ranked years and 10,152 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1987.

Milo across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Milo's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#303 (1987)	#110 (2025)	#110 (2025)	26 of 39	717 (1987–2025)	55 (2020)
England and Wales · Boys	#305 (1996)	#80 (2020)	#90 (2025)	30 of 30	10,152 (1996–2025)	720 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#164 (2024)	#164 (2024)	17 of 17	129 (2008–2024)	13 (2020)
Norway · Boys	#251 (2024)	#251 (2024)	#287 (2025)	2 of 2	31 (2024–2025)	17 (2024)

Milo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Milo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	461	4 of 10	115
2000s	1,514	10 of 10	151
2010s	4,346	10 of 10	435
2020sbusiest	3,831	6 of 10	639

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 639 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births rose by 148, from 572 to 720.

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Milo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #80, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 720 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Milo was ranked #80 in England and Wales · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Michael#74
Felix#77
Jasper#78
Liam#79
Sonny#81
Oakley#82
Elliot#83
Chester#84

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Millie-Rose · #624, 25y
Milly · #116, 30y
Milos · #356, 37y
Milosz · #256, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maggie · #79, 35y
Yahya · #81, 34y
Lois · #82, 35y
Skyla · #82, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Maggie · #79, 35y
Roise · #79, 29y
Tilde · #81, 33y
Yahya · #81, 34y

Milo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Milo without appearing here.

Milo moved ahead of

Roger
In 2002 they stood at #382 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #228 and #500.
Ronald
In 2002 they stood at #303 and #235 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #228 and #500.
Graeme
In 2003 they stood at #324 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #263 and #506.
Daithi
In 2017 they stood at #153 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #231 and #471.

Moved ahead of Milo

Elijah
In 2001 they stood at #275 and #279 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #361 and #210.
Jude
In 1999 they stood at #212 and #261 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #287 and #174.
Theodore
In 2013 they stood at #271 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #281 and #184.
Riley
In 1999 they stood at #212 and #297 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #287 and #194.

Moved the opposite way to Milo

Daithi
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 while Daithi went from #303 to #509.
Denis
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 while Denis went from #70 to #232.
Edward
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 while Edward went from #49 to #125.
Francis
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 while Francis went from #63 to #309.

Moved the same way as Milo

Adam
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 and Adam from #68 to #20.
Alex
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 and Alex from #190 to #37.
Alexander
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 and Alexander from #128 to #55.
Ben
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Milo went from #303 to #110 and Ben from #152 to #40.

Meaning & Origin

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Germanic, via Latinisation

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Milo is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Milo, between 1987 and 2025, in 31 of those 39 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1987–2025	26	#110 in 2025
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#80 in 2020
Northern Ireland	2008–2024	17	#164 in 2024
Scotland	2024	1	#169 in 2024
Norway	2024–2025	2	#251 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 8 years after 1987; it appears again in 1996.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

MY-loh/ˈmaɪloʊ/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Milo Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Milo in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Milo

Milo at a glance

What stands out in Milo's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Milo across 4 official records

Milo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Milo appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Milo

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Milo and the names beside it

Milo moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Milo

Moved the opposite way to Milo

Moved the same way as Milo

Meaning & Origin

Where Milo is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Milo Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Milo at a glance

What stands out in Milo's record

Milo across 4 official records

Milo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Milo appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Milo

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Milo and the names beside it

Milo moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Milo

Moved the opposite way to Milo

Moved the same way as Milo