Milo

Origin: Variant of Miles · Uncertain origin; folk-linked to Latin for soldier, or Slavic for grace (from Old French, of uncertain Germanic or Slavic origin)

Boy's name · #119 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Milo is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #119 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 44,000 boys have been named Milo along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#38 in Switzerland (2025) · #43 in Belgium (2025) · #44 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #45 in France (2025) · #45 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #47 in Netherlands (2025) · #52 in Sweden (2025) · #90 in England & Wales (2025) · #105 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #110 in Ireland (2025) · #111 in Austria (2025) · #160 in New Zealand (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Milos

Milo Đukanović — 2nd President of Montenegro
Milo Ventimiglia — American actor
Milo Yiannopoulos — British political commentator
Milo of Croton — 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton
Milo Manara — Italian comic creator (born 1945)

In stories & tradition

Milo (Caesar) — Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (film)
Milo Rambaldi^es — Alias (TV series)
Milo Pressman^tr — 24 (TV series)

What Milos become

Among 269 notable people named Milo:

Entertainers appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Milo Ventimiglia, American actor.

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