Milena
2025 SSA
About Milena
This popular name in various Slavic countries and in Italy holds considerable continental appeal. It is the full name of Ukranian-born actress Mila Kunis, noted for her award-winning role in the film Black Swan. Another actress bearing the name is Milena Govitch, of Law & Order.
Milena is one of the top names in Poland and also ranks highly in Germany and Switzerland. In the US, it's been trending gently upward for over a decade, perhaps as a formal name for the popular Mila or even Mia.
Pronounced mee-LEE-nuh; mee-LAY-nuh.
As of October 2026, Milena ranked #950 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #678 in 2019.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #797 | 353 | 197.6 |
| 2015 | #758 | 372 | 208.4 |
| 2016 | #704 | 407 | 229.7 |
| 2017 | #837 | 325 | 188.2 |
| 2018 | #805 | 338 | 198.7 |
| 2019 | #678 | 428 | 255 |
| 2020 | #827 | 330 | 204.1 |
| 2021 | #810 | 345 | 210.3 |
| 2022 | #773 | 368 | 224.4 |
| 2023 | #701 | 409 | 254.9 |
| 2024 | #786 | 358 | 221 |
| 2025 | #950 | 271 | 168.6 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Milena.
Milena on lists
Famous Milenas
- Milena Vukotić
Queen consort of Nicholas I of Montenegro
- Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis
Ukrainian,American actress
- Milena Govich
American actress
- Milena Jesenská
Czech journalist; subject of Kafka's "Letters to Milena"
- Milena Sharkova
Miss Bulgaria 2008
- Milena Toscano
Brazilian actress and model
- Milena Ceranic
Serbian singer
- Milena Dravić
Serbian actress
- Milena Maria Rosner
Polish volleyball player
- Milena Pavlović
Barili, Serbian painter and poet
- Milena Dvorská
Czech actress
- Milena Canonero
Italian costume designer
- Milena Leticia Roucka aka Rosa Mendes
Canadian pro wrestler
- Milena Vukotic
Italian dancer and actress
- Milena Slavova
Bulgarian punk singer
- Milena Reljin
Serbian gymnast
- Milena Maria "Mila" Sadurek
Radecka, Polish volleyball player
- Milena "Mila" Cohen (b. 2016)
daughter of dancer Kristina Rihanoff and Ben Cohen
- Milena Jo (b. 2015)
daughter of actress Summer Glau and partner Val Morrison
- Milena Baldassari
Italian rhythmic gymnast
- Milena Lainovic
Montenegrin singer/songwriter
Milena in pop culture
- Queen Milena of Tamarang
character in Terry Goodkind's fantasy series "The Sword of Truth"
- Milena
a genus of skipper butterfly
- Milena
Sicily, named after Queen Milena of Montenegro
- "Letters to Milena
" book by Franz Kafka