Milani — #278 US girls' name
10,575 babies named Milani in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Milani was born in this single decade.
1,298 babies were named Milani in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Milani
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,575 babies named Milani between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Milani currently holds the #278 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 1,298 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Milani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5,745 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Milani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,038 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Milani in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Milani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,575 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Milani at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Milani popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,298
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #278 among girls.
10,575 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 1,298 births in a single year.
Milani popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2021 (Milani as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Milani accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Milani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 5,745 births that decade — 54% of Milani's all-time total
Milani decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,745 births
- Runner-up 4,156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Milani's strongest decade
5,745 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Milani by state
Where Milani concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,038 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,030 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 898 | 8.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 839 | 7.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 561 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 541 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 459 | 4.3% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 438 | 4.1% |
1,038 of 10,575 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- Florida 8.5% of nationwide
- New York 7.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Milani appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.