Milana

What Milana means

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

Editor’s note Down from #678 in 2015 to #812 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Milana?

US: Falling: down from #678 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #467 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 403 girls got the name (#699 that year). First in the US records in 1947.

How common

• About 1 in 4,784 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,618 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls 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 WA (0.76 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.5 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Milana is #812 in the US and #568 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Milana were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Milani1,063 US · 31 E&W
• Malani822 US · 4 E&W
• Melany779 US
• Meilani498 US · 3 E&W
• Melina434 US · 51 E&W
• Milena271 US · 38 E&W
• Melani234 US · 3 E&W
• Mileena98 US

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 Milana

Girls

• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*

For a brother

• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025

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