Milena — #786 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Milena

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,475 babies named Milena between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Milena currently holds the #786 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 428 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Milena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Milena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,165 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Milena in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Milena 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 7,475 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.