Milah
The brit milah, or bris, is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism during which a newborn male's foreskin is surgically removed. According to the Book of Genesis, God commanded the biblical patriarch Abraham to be circumcised: an act to be followed by his descendants on the eighth day of life symbolizing the covenant between God and the Jewish people.
Meaning & Origin of Milah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The brit milah, or bris, is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism during which a newborn male's foreskin is surgically removed. According to the Book of Genesis, God commanded the biblical patriarch Abraham to be circumcised: an act to be followed by his descendants on the eighth day of life symbolizing the covenant between God and the Jewish people.
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The Story of Milah
Milah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1997, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2018: 235 births, good for #1,079 nationwide. About 56% of every Milah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Milah ranks #1,647 for baby girls with 126 births, falling sharply (-33%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Milah
Milah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Milah's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #1,079. Use the chart and map above to compare Milah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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