Milan
Milan is a unisex name: 362 girls and 1,418 boys were given it in 2025 (#753 among girls’ names and #242 among boys’, #383 among all names counting both); 28,165 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Milan every year since 2013.
An estimated 25,400 Americans named Milan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 4 and 17.
Milan came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1958 and returned in 2013.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Milan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Milan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Milan is “a male given name from the Slavic languages.”
Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.
/mɪˈlɑn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Milan?
#242 among boys’ names, 2025
Milan rose from #425 in 2015 to #242 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.38 to 0.83 per 1,000.
1,977 babies in 2023, the peak
Milan peaked in 2023, when 1,977 babies were given it (1,524 boys, #230 among boys’ names). The 1,780 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 90% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 362 | #753 | 1,418 | #242 |
| 2024 | 403 | #699 | 1,554 | #231 |
| 2023 | 453 | #648 | 1,524 | #230 |
| 2022 | 448 | #662 | 1,038 | #326 |
| 2021 | 456 | #656 | 832 | #389 |
| 2020 | 457 | #635 | 690 | #431 |
| 2019 | 397 | #720 | 664 | #451 |
| 2018 | 379 | #737 | 662 | #452 |
| 2017 | 381 | #742 | 651 | #465 |
| 2016 | 379 | #754 | 687 | #451 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 408 | #700 | 725 | #425 |
| 2014 | 425 | #671 | 753 | #413 |
| 2013 | 479 | #596 | 486 | #547 |
| 2012 | 382 | #727 | 153 | #1,186 |
| 2011 | 471 | #615 | 149 | #1,191 |
| 2010 | 435 | #667 | 143 | #1,238 |
| 2009 | 360 | #788 | 153 | #1,184 |
| 2008 | 239 | #1,089 | 163 | #1,127 |
| 2007 | 258 | #1,025 | 143 | #1,236 |
| 2006 | 212 | #1,154 | 118 | #1,373 |
| 2005 | 212 | #1,119 | 118 | #1,299 |
| 2004 | 192 | #1,172 | 122 | #1,242 |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,429 | 109 | #1,293 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,478 | 98 | #1,351 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,693 | 108 | #1,235 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,846 | 116 | #1,181 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,778 | 87 | #1,368 |
| 1998 | 142 | #1,275 | 118 | #1,091 |
| 1997 | 128 | #1,348 | 119 | #1,069 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,697 | 91 | #1,232 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,325 | 77 | #1,341 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,392 | 82 | #1,289 |
| 1993 | 56 | #2,307 | 69 | #1,398 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,754 | 61 | #1,495 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,338 | 58 | #1,515 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,329 | 69 | #1,342 |
| 1989 | 36 | #3,015 | 67 | #1,340 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,541 | 51 | #1,491 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,414 | 31 | #2,003 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,721 | 46 | #1,483 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,387 | 44 | #1,519 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,151 | 32 | #1,789 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,069 | 42 | #1,484 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,946 | 43 | #1,475 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 35 | #1,682 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 48 | #1,369 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 66 | #1,105 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 61 | #1,130 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 38 | #1,502 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 36 | #1,525 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 39 | #1,418 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 46 | #1,240 | |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,150 | 32 | #1,533 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,126 | 54 | #1,118 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 39 | #1,367 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 40 | #1,327 | |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,801 | 54 | #1,059 |
| 1968 | under 5 | 36 | #1,274 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 45 | #1,109 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 37 | #1,254 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 48 | #1,077 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 48 | #1,107 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 41 | #1,222 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 34 | #1,357 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 43 | #1,218 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 46 | #1,160 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 47 | #1,136 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 60 | #989 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 44 | #1,180 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 56 | #1,004 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 59 | #982 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 52 | #1,042 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 52 | #1,010 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 56 | #958 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 51 | #986 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 60 | #889 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 54 | #944 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 56 | #929 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 51 | #1,005 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 44 | #1,040 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 52 | #875 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 39 | #1,067 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 53 | #921 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 71 | #766 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 58 | #837 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 51 | #885 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 52 | #854 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 61 | #794 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 63 | #775 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 72 | #708 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 41 | #1,007 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 55 | #850 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 64 | #767 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 63 | #807 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 74 | #706 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 72 | #752 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 77 | #711 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 84 | #693 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 80 | #729 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 107 | #607 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 79 | #736 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 82 | #734 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 99 | #649 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 90 | #690 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 96 | #661 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 87 | #690 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 75 | #743 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 77 | #731 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 66 | #777 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 79 | #668 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 66 | #738 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 33 | #981 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 34 | #827 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 30 | #811 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 10 | #1,174 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 9 | #1,174 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,619 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 7 | #1,179 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,165 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,360 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 5 | #1,196 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #898 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Milan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 28,165 Americans recorded as Milan, 34% are girls and 66% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Milan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Milan, and how old are they?
25,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 28,165 Americans ever recorded as Milan. The median Milan alive today is 10 years old; half are between 4 and 17.
The 2020 Census counted 17,228 people named Milan (5,996 women and girls, 11,232 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 16,420 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 195 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 624 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 654 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,360 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,540 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 17,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Milan born?
The states with the most babies named Milan are Florida, Texas and California, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 299 | #74 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 217 | #206 | 0.8× |
| California | 193 | #236 | 1.1× |
| New York | 117 | #227 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 83 | #251 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 73 | #171 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 55 | #246 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 49 | #375 | 1.3× |
| Arizona | 44 | #224 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 40 | #312 | 0.7× |
Where Milan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Milan is most over-represented in Florida: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Milan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 31,271 babies since 1880, Milan is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,780 of their 1,926 babies (92%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Milan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Milan and names like it
- Compare Milan and MylanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMilan peaked in 2023.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Milan since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Milan.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Milan alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.