Milan
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Milan for boys#242 US
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.
Milan for girls#753 US
In many Slavic and other European countries, Milan is purely a boys’ name, but in the US, it's also popular for girls – no doubt inspired by the fashionable Italian city. It entered the Top 1000 for boys in 2013, while for girls it has been in the Top 1000 since 2009. Currently, it is given to three boys for everyone one girl.
The more exclusively feminine Mila and Milana are becoming more popular for girls and singer Shakira has chosen Milan for her son. In America, Milan looks set to remain one of the most stylish unisex names of the moment.
As a name, it is a multicultural choice, with its origins in Slavic (meaning "gracious, dear"), Sanskrit (meaning "union"), and Latin, possibly meaning "middle of the plain".
Pronounced mee-LAHN.
As of October 2026, Milan ranked #242 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #230 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #631.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #413 | 753 | #671 | 425 |
| 2015 | #426 | 724 | #700 | 408 |
| 2016 | #451 | 687 | #753 | 379 |
| 2017 | #465 | 651 | #742 | 381 |
| 2018 | #452 | 662 | #737 | 379 |
| 2019 | #451 | 663 | #720 | 397 |
| 2020 | #431 | 690 | #635 | 457 |
| 2021 | #389 | 830 | #655 | 456 |
| 2022 | #326 | 1,037 | #662 | 448 |
| 2023 | #230 | 1,521 | #647 | 453 |
| 2024 | #231 | 1,552 | #700 | 401 |
| 2025 | #242 | 1,418 | #753 | 362 |
World rankings
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Milan on lists
Famous Milans
- Milan BegovicBoy
Croatian writer
- Milan IBoy
King of Serbia
- Milan BabuskaBoy
Czech architect
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Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan BezdekBoy
Czech Roman Catholic priest, prelate of His Holiness
- Milan BoksaBoy
Czech soccer coach, methodologies and official
- Milan CimfeBoy
Czech bass guitar player
- Milan CreightonBoy
former American football coach
- Milan DrobnyBoy
Czech singer
- Milan DufekBoy
Czech singer
- Milan EllederBoy
Czech physician and professor of pathology
- Milan FrydaBoy
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan FukalBoy
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan HarvalikBoy
Czech linguist
- Milan HejdukBoy
Czech ice hockey player
- Milan HlavsaBoy
Czech bass guitar player
- Milan HodzaBoy
Slovak politician, Prime minister of Czechoslovakia
- Milan ChalupaBoy
Czech ice hockey player
- Milan ChladilBoy
Czech singer
- Milan IvanaBoy
Slovak football (soccer) player
- Milan JovanovicBoy
Serbian football (soccer) player
- Milan KangrgaBoy
Croatian philosopher
- Milan KnazkoBoy
Slovak actor and politician
- Milan KnizakBoy
Czech politician and artist
- Milan KomarBoy
Slovene philosopher
- Milan KucanBoy
Slovene politician, President of Slovenia
- Milan KunderaBoy
Czech writer (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
- Milan LasicaBoy
Slovak actor and writer
- Milan LucicBoy
Canadian (born Serbian) NHL hockey player
- Milan LuhovyBoy
Czech football (soccer) player
- Milan MacalaBoy
Czech soccer coach
- Milan MachovecBoy
Czech philosopher
- Milan MarkovicBoy
Slovak humorist, actor and presenter
- Milan MichalekBoy
Czech ice hockey player
- Milan MladenovicBoy
Serbian musician
- Milan MunclingerBoy
Czech musician
- Milan NakonecnyBoy
Czech psychologist
- Milan Obrenovic IIBoy
Prince of Serbia
- Milan OrlowskiBoy
Czech table tennis player
- Milan PeroutkaBoy
Czech singer
- Milan PirocanacBoy
Serbian politician and lawyer
- Milan PavlovicBoy
retired Serbian footballer
- Milan PavlovicBoy
Bosnian actor
- Milan Rastislav StefanikBoy
Slovak politician, general and astronomer
- Milan ResetarBoy
Croatian linguist and historian
- Milan SpalekBoy
Czech bass guitar player
- Milan SrejberBoy
Czech tennis player
- Milan StankovicBoy
Serbian singer
- Milan SteindlerBoy
Czech actor and director
- Milan StojadinovicBoy
Serbian politician, lawyer and economist
- Milan SufflayBoy
Croatian historian and politician
- Milan UhdeBoy
Czech writer, playwright and politician
- Milan UzelacBoy
Serbian poet and essayist
- Milan VukmirovicBoy
Serbian,French fashion photographer, stylist and designer; co,founder of the famous French store Colette
- Milan Rushdie (b. 1997)Boy
son of novelist Salman Rushdie
- Milan Pique Mebarak (2013)Boy
son of singer Shakira & footballer Gerard Pique
- Milan Tyson (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of boxer Mike Tyson
Milan in pop culture
- MilanBoy
Italy (Population: 1.3 million)
- Milan HendrickxBoy
character on TV's 'WTFock'
- Milan is the secondGirl
largest city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy.
- In French and GermanGirl
Milan is a name of the medium,large birds of prey in the hawk family