Myla
- Pronunciation
- [My-la]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Merciful. Feminine Of Myles.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Myla
Myla is a modern American name with multiple proposed origins. The most credible direct etymology connects Myla to a creative blend of Mya and Layla, or as a feminine form of Miles. A separate Slavic line connects Myla to milyy meaning "dear" or "beloved." A third reading derives Myla from a creative variant of Mila (the Slavic name meaning "gracious").
The name has no significant pre-20th-century history and is essentially a 21st-century American invention. The contemporary American Myla surge is part of the broader return to short, vowel-rich, Y-spelling girls' names alongside Mya, Lyla, and Aria.
Myla's American climb is recent and substantial: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 200 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 100 by 2022. Notable contemporary bearers include various YouTube influencers and reality-TV personalities. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the popular two-syllable -yla ending family, the modern Y-spelling visual register that signals contemporary aesthetic, and the soft pronunciation. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — My and the rare Mylee each occasionally appear; the alternate spellings Mila (the more historically accurate Slavic form), Mya (the simpler M-spelling), and Myleigh have their own SSA tracking. There are no significant international variants since the name is essentially modern American.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Myla
US Popularity History (2005–2025)
Annual US births named Myla by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 1,641 girls named Myla (girl rank #183 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #210 for girls (1,436 US births). That's 27 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Myla Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Myla the strongest states are Hawaii, South Dakota, Montana.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | #137 | 24 |
| 2 | South Dakota | #137 | 43 |
| 3 | Montana | #143 | 41 |
| 4 | Delaware | #143 | 28 |
| 5 | Iowa | #148 | 208 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #163 | 644 |
| 7 | Ohio | #167 | 619 |
| 8 | West Virginia | #176 | 101 |
| 9 | Minnesota | #178 | 304 |
| 10 | New Mexico | #181 | 83 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | #431 | 137 |
| 2 | Alabama | #418 | 119 |
| 3 | South Carolina | #411 | 119 |
| 4 | Georgia | #386 | 284 |
| 5 | California | #374 | 963 |
| 6 | Texas | #361 | 893 |
| 7 | Mississippi | #358 | 76 |
| 8 | New York | #354 | 493 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #351 | 304 |
| 10 | Virginia | #344 | 239 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Myla in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myleen | Merciful. Feminine Of Myles. | Female | English |
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Compare Myla to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Myla against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).