Milan
Top 1000
About Milan
Effortlessly stylish with an international feel, Milan re-entered the US charts back in 2013 after a 55 year hiatus. It has been powering up the charts ever since, following in the footsteps of sweet sound-alike Mila, and spotlighted by singer Shakira, who chose it for her son.
A fast rising choice of 2023, Milan comes from the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", however, as an Italian place name, it is more likely from the Latin Mediolanum, meaning "middle of the plain". It could also be connected to the Sanskrit milana meaning "union", which might explain its usage in India.
Milan has been a Top 10 name for boys in The Netherlands and Hungary, as well as making the Top 20 in Belgium. A famous literary namesake is Czech writer Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. In America, it is a solidly unisex name whose usage is no doubt also inspired by the stylish Italian city of the same name.
Given to around 1500 boys in a recent year compared to 450 girls, for every one girl called Milan, there are three boys.
Milan is a name with plenty of variations and diminutives including Milen, Miko, Miłosz, Milenko, Milano, and Mylan.
Pronounced MI-lan; MEE-lan; MEE-lahn.
As of October 2026, Milan ranked #242 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #230 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #560.
Editor's take: The name Milan is a boy's name of Slavic origin meaning "middle of the plain; gracious, dear; union".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #413 | 753 | 392 |
| 2015 | #426 | 724 | 377.7 |
| 2016 | #451 | 687 | 362 |
| 2017 | #465 | 651 | 351.7 |
| 2018 | #452 | 662 | 364.5 |
| 2019 | #451 | 663 | 369.5 |
| 2020 | #431 | 690 | 399.8 |
| 2021 | #389 | 830 | 474.4 |
| 2022 | #326 | 1,037 | 593.9 |
| 2023 | #230 | 1,521 | 889.2 |
| 2024 | #231 | 1,552 | 900.8 |
| 2025 | #242 | 1,418 | 830.2 |
World rankings
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Milan on lists
Famous Milans
- Milan Begovic
Croatian writer
- Milan I
King of Serbia
- Milan Babuska
Czech architect
- Milan Baros
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan Bezdek
Czech Roman Catholic priest, prelate of His Holiness
- Milan Boksa
Czech soccer coach, methodologies and official
- Milan Cimfe
Czech bass guitar player
- Milan Creighton
former American football coach
- Milan Drobny
Czech singer
- Milan Dufek
Czech singer
- Milan Elleder
Czech physician and professor of pathology
- Milan Fryda
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan Fukal
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan Harvalik
Czech linguist
- Milan Hejduk
Czech ice hockey player
- Milan Hlavsa
Czech bass guitar player
- Milan Hodza
Slovak politician, Prime minister of Czechoslovakia
- Milan Chalupa
Czech ice hockey player
- Milan Chladil
Czech singer
- Milan Ivana
Slovak football (soccer) player
- Milan Jovanovic
Serbian football (soccer) player
- Milan Kangrga
Croatian philosopher
- Milan Knazko
Slovak actor and politician
- Milan Knizak
Czech politician and artist
- Milan Komar
Slovene philosopher
- Milan Kucan
Slovene politician, President of Slovenia
- Milan Kundera
Czech writer (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
- Milan Lasica
Slovak actor and writer
- Milan Lucic
Canadian (born Serbian) NHL hockey player
- Milan Luhovy
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan Macala
Czech soccer coach
- Milan Machovec
Czech philosopher
- Milan Markovic
Slovak humorist, actor and presenter
- Milan Michalek
Czech ice hockey player
- Milan Mladenovic
Serbian musician
- Milan Munclinger
Czech musician
- Milan Nakonecny
Czech psychologist
- Milan Obrenovic II
Prince of Serbia
- Milan Orlowski
Czech table tennis player
- Milan Peroutka
Czech singer
- Milan Pirocanac
Serbian politician and lawyer
- Milan Pavlovic
retired Serbian footballer
- Milan Pavlovic
Bosnian actor
- Milan Rastislav Stefanik
Slovak politician, general and astronomer
- Milan Resetar
Croatian linguist and historian
- Milan Spalek
Czech bass guitar player
- Milan Srejber
Czech tennis player
- Milan Stankovic
Serbian singer
- Milan Steindler
Czech actor and director
- Milan Stojadinovic
Serbian politician, lawyer and economist
- Milan Sufflay
Croatian historian and politician
- Milan Uhde
Czech writer, playwright and politician
- Milan Uzelac
Serbian poet and essayist
- Milan Vukmirovic
Serbian,French fashion photographer, stylist and designer; co,founder of the famous French store Colette
- Milan Rushdie (b. 1997)
son of novelist Salman Rushdie
- Milan Pique Mebarak (2013)
son of singer Shakira & footballer Gerard Pique
Milan in pop culture
- Milan
Italy (Population: 1.3 million)
- Milan Hendrickx
character on TV's 'WTFock'