Milcah

#12,747 in 2025Girls' name

Queen

Milcah has been given to 176 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #12,747 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Milcah, 2025

1 in 474,000

Milcah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Milcah: meaning, origin, and history

Queen

Hebrew

What Milcah means

Milcah means “queen”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Milcah is used in Biblical.

Origin, language, and formation

Milcah is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Milcah comes through Hebrew מלכה.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 176 girls were recorded with the name Milcah between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2021; its best national rank was #6,589 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,834 in 2020 to #12,747 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,549 in 2015 to #12,747 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Milcah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,747; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Milcah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Milcah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Milcahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Milcah was born before 2016 — so the typical Milcah is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 87.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 176; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.8% of all recorded uses (63).

Is Milcah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,929; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,913; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,198; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.78×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 38.9%; Peak was 2021 (18)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,589; 2021

Spellings of Milcah

Milcah is not the most common spelling — Mila is, with 44.7% against Milcah's 0.09%.

Mila44.7%84,489
Lilah13.0%24,664
Micah7.4%14,035
Miah5.1%9,583
Milan5.1%9,557
Maleah5.0%9,426
Mylah3.5%6,544
Maliah2.9%5,394

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Milcah around the world

Where Milcah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2024
#3,696
in 2024
France
1977–1977
#2,746
in 1977
Canada
2020–2024
#3,027
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Milcah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,747
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,913
Best rank ever: #6,589; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 18 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 176
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Milcah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Milynn Milina Milany Millee Miliyah Milley Mileydi Milica Milea Mileah Milaya Milanna Mileidy Millani Mills Mileya Milanni Milanie Mileigh Milove Milaina Milyn Milayna Milia

Sibling names for Milcah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Sydnie Halie Karleigh Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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