Milan

What Milan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Milan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Milan in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Milan?

US: Rising: up from #425 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #331 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,554 boys got the name (#231 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 1,205 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,609 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,786 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (2.79 per 1,000 boys), RI (2.24 per 1,000 boys), NJ (1.51 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Milan is #242 in the US and #269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 79.7% of US babies named Milan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mylan87 US · 10 E&W
• Millan20 US · 6 E&W
• Mylen22 US · 3 E&W
• Mylin12 US
• Mylon8 US
• Millen0 US · 7 E&W
• Maelan6 US
• Milen0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Milan

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Damir#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 6 babies
• Ira#819“watchful”^*
• Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*

For a sister

• Vera#205“faith”^*
• Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ivanna#566Same root as Jane, meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Lana#406Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Lara#691Icelandic, from Latin Laura, meaning “laurel tree”^*
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Slavic where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Milan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.