Mily

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mily by the numbers

Mily was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 47 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Mily

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mily. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Millymerciful; a diminutive of Millicent46 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milifriendly, beloved4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miley220 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maily6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milyn10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mily

Names that are said the same way as Mily, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mylie27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Myli5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mily

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