Milani

What Milani means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #664 in 2015, #288 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Milani?

US: Rising: up from #664 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3615 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,299 girls got the name (#234 that year). First in the US records in 1991.

How common

• About 1 in 1,512 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,170 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 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 RI (3.26 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), GA (1.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Milani is #288 in the US and #1079 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 Milani were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Malani822 US · 4 E&W
• Melany779 US
• Meilani498 US · 3 E&W
• Milana336 US · 70 E&W
• Milena271 US · 38 E&W
• Melani234 US · 3 E&W
• Maelani136 US
• Maylani96 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 Milani

Girls

• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 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 Milani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.