Mylo
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Merciful.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Mylo
Mylo is a modern respelling of Milo, a name with old roots in the Germanic element mild, often interpreted as "merciful" or "gracious," and long associated with classical and medieval figures. Swapping the i for a y gives Mylo a sleek, current look while preserving the warm, two-syllable sound that has helped Milo surge back into fashion as a charming vintage revival.
The recorded variant Milo points back to that traditional spelling, and the two forms share the same friendly, retro-meets-modern charm. Mylo offers parents a slightly more distinctive and contemporary take on a name that has become widely beloved, keeping the gentle meaning and easy sound while giving the spelling a fresh, individual twist that stands out on the page.
As a boys' name, Mylo is a genuinely recent arrival: it first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2019 and reached its peak in 2024 at rank #642, its highest standing to date, with roughly 2,100 boys given this spelling in just a few years. That swift climb places Mylo among the rising retro-styled boys' names of the early 2020s. Warm, vintage, and gently mischievous in feel, the name pairs an old-fashioned softness with a crisp, modern spelling that helps it stand out among the wave of revived classics now popular for boys.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Mylo
US Popularity History (2019–2025)
Annual US births named Mylo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 434 boys named Mylo (boy rank #642 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #737 for boys (357 US births). That's 95 places below its 2024 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 Mylo Most Popular?
Average boy-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 boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Mylo the strongest states are Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #509 | 17 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #558 | 90 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #591 | 51 |
| 4 | Oregon | #599 | 24 |
| 5 | Utah | #607 | 21 |
| 6 | Ohio | #610 | 95 |
| 7 | Georgia | #611 | 52 |
| 8 | Kentucky | #613 | 20 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #625 | 24 |
| 10 | Illinois | #643 | 90 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #909 | 108 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #908 | 28 |
| 3 | Indiana | #835 | 35 |
| 4 | Missouri | #805 | 33 |
| 5 | Colorado | #796 | 30 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #783 | 35 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #780 | 33 |
| 8 | California | #764 | 244 |
| 9 | Virginia | #751 | 48 |
| 10 | New York | #730 | 98 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Mylo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milo | Merciful. | Male | English |
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Compare Mylo to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Mylo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).