UK girl's name
Milita
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Milita is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Milita popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4056, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 17 births.
This profile covers 113 England and Wales registrations across 14 recorded years from 2005 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 29% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 115 living people in the UK are called Milita. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Milita ranked #4056 for girls in England and Wales in 2023, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 17 girls were registered as Milita.
- • Milita ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #440 in 2016.
- • About 115 living people in the UK are estimated to have Milita as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4056
2023
Births in 2023
5
Latest year
Peak year
2017
17 births
Estimated living
115
2026
Popularity
Milita over time
The chart below shows babies named Milita registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2005 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Milita, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2023, compared with 17 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Milita by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Milita was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3859 | 25 | 4 |
| 2010s | #2964 | 85 | 9 |
| 2000s | #4798 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Milita is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Milita. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Milita ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #440 in 2016.
Across the UK
Milita in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#440 in 2016
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Milita
- Megan 70,884
- Mia 67,204
- Molly 47,734
- Millie 44,390
- Maisie 32,671
- Matilda 29,965
- Maya 26,445
- Madison 18,441
- Maria 17,304
- Mollie 15,914
- Martha 15,116
- Maddison 14,918
FAQ
Milita: questions and answers
How popular is the name Milita in the UK right now?
In 2023, Milita was ranked #4056 for girls in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was Milita most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 17 babies registered as Milita in England and Wales.
How many people are called Milita in the UK?
A total of 113 babies have been registered as Milita across the 14 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Milita most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Milita ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #440 in 2016. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.