Girls' name · since 1991
Milani
11,646 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.
- #1,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #288 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,646
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Milani currently ranks #288 among girls' names in America, with 11,646 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Milani has been recorded 11,646 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #288 nationally and more common than 98% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #1,520 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #288 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,646 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Milani ranks #1,520 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #288 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,646 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #288 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,646
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Milani's 11,646 recorded births place it above 97.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Milani compares
11,646 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Milani's all-time total is 31x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Milani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,646 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,299 | 21 | 19,840 |
Milani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Milani's full recorded timeline at 2010, 94% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 6% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 1,299 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Milani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,299
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Milani popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2021 (Milani as boys' name)
Milani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6,816 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Milani's strongest decade.
6,816 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Milani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 62
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 612
2000s
612 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,156 births
- 2020s
2020s
6,816 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6,816 births (59% of all-time use).
How Milani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Milani's total volume
Milani by state
Where Milani concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,160 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 1,130 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 994 | 8.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 893 | 7.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 619 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 608 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 489 | 4.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 473 | 4.1% |
1,160 of 11,646 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Milani appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Milani's data
- Texas records the most Milanis (1,160 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Milani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Milani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.