Thirty years of Milo
Milo in numbers
Milo has risen from 80 boys in 1996 to 597 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 720 in 2020. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2017 and 2020, from 506 to 720. It ranked 305th in 1996, reached 80th in 2020 and ranks 90th now. On average it was given to 115 boys a year in the late 1990s, 151 in the 2000s, 435 in the 2010s and 639 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+5%567 to 597
- 5 years-17%720 to 597
- 10 years+38%434 to 597
- 20 years+306%147 to 597
- Since 1996×780 to 597
- Total, 1996 to 202510,152boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 90 · ONS · 567 in 2024
Rank 190 · NRS · 26 in 2024
Rank 253 · NISRA · 13 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | 597 | +5% | 1 in 504 |
| 2024 | 96 | 567 | -1% | 1 in 538 |
| 2023 | =91 | 573 | -13% | 1 in 529 |
| 2022 | 87 | 655 | -9% | 1 in 474 |
| 2021 | =83 | 719 | -0% | 1 in 445 |
| 2020 | 80 | 720 | +26% | 1 in 437 |
| 2019 | 108 | 572 | +3% | 1 in 575 |
| 2018 | 110 | 557 | +10% | 1 in 606 |
| 2017 | 119 | 506 | +0% | 1 in 688 |
| 2016 * | =123 | 504 | +16% | 1 in 707 |
| 2015 | 135 | 434 | +15% | 1 in 825 |
| 2014 | 146 | 378 | +8% | 1 in 944 |
| 2013 | 159 | 351 | -3% | 1 in 1,021 |
| 2012 | =161 | 361 | +5% | 1 in 1,037 |
| 2011 | 167 | 345 | +2% | 1 in 1,075 |
| 2010 | =164 | 338 | +10% | 1 in 1,097 |
| 2009 | 175 | 307 | +14% | 1 in 1,180 |
| 2008 | =181 | 269 | +37% | 1 in 1,349 |
| 2007 | =222 | 197 | +25% | 1 in 1,799 |
| 2006 | =238 | 158 | +7% | 1 in 2,167 |
| 2005 | 238 | 147 | +75% | 1 in 2,249 |
| 2004 | =352 | 84 | -7% | 1 in 3,909 |
| 2003 | =313 | 90 | +32% | 1 in 3,538 |
| 2002 | =361 | 68 | -32% | 1 in 4,501 |
| 2001 | =275 | 100 | +6% | 1 in 3,046 |
| 2000 | =287 | 94 | -35% | 1 in 3,294 |
| 1999 | =212 | 145 | +18% | 1 in 2,202 |
| 1998 | =244 | 123 | +9% | 1 in 2,650 |
| 1997 | 256 | 113 | +41% | 1 in 2,916 |
| 1996 | =305 | 80 | 1 in 4,169 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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