Thirty years of Myla
Myla in numbers
Myla has risen from 6 girls in 2001 (its first published year) to 490 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 602 in 2021. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2010 and 2013, from 79 to 281. It ranked 2,466th in 2001, reached 86th in 2021 and ranks 94th now.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-6%522 to 490
- 5 years-16%581 to 490
- 10 years+62%302 to 490
- 20 years+3,400%14 to 490
- Since 2001 (first published)×826 to 490
- Total, 1996 to 20256,380girls
† 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 94 · ONS · 522 in 2024
Rank 74 · NRS · 57 in 2024
Rank 111 · NISRA · 24 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 | 94 | 490 | -6% | 1 in 581 |
| 2024 | 89 | 522 | +8% | 1 in 555 |
| 2023 | 101 | 484 | -13% | 1 in 595 |
| 2022 | 86 | 558 | -7% | 1 in 528 |
| 2021 | 86 | 602 | +4% | 1 in 506 |
| 2020 | 88 | 581 | +14% | 1 in 515 |
| 2019 | 101 | 510 | +9% | 1 in 610 |
| 2018 | 113 | 467 | +14% | 1 in 684 |
| 2017 | =132 | 409 | +29% | 1 in 809 |
| 2016 | =174 | 316 | +5% | 1 in 1,073 |
| 2015 | 182 | 302 | +13% | 1 in 1,125 |
| 2014 | =200 | 268 | -5% | 1 in 1,263 |
| 2013 * | 188 | 281 | +51% | 1 in 1,215 |
| 2012 | =267 | 186 | +58% | 1 in 1,910 |
| 2011 | =392 | 118 | +49% | 1 in 2,991 |
| 2010 | =512 | 79 | +3% | 1 in 4,458 |
| 2009 | =522 | 77 | +60% | 1 in 4,469 |
| 2008 | =734 | 48 | +66% | 1 in 7,203 |
| 2007 | =1,020 | 29 | +93% | 1 in 11,569 |
| 2006 | =1,585 | 15 | +7% | 1 in 21,811 |
| 2005 | =1,589 | 14 | +27% | 1 in 22,516 |
| 2004 | =1,836 | 11 | +57% | 1 in 28,307 |
| 2003 | =2,436 | 7 | 1 in 43,290 | |
| 2002 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2001 | =2,466 | 6 | 1 in 48,330 | |
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 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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