Milan

boys’ name · 65%girls’ name · 35%At its peakCompare

Milan is ranked 231st among boys in 2024 (1,552 births). Its best rank was 230th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #231down 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,5520.09% of boys
Peak year: 20241,552 births
Best rank: #230in 2023
Since 1885: 26,373people given the name

Babies named Milan, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

17,180 boys have been named Milan in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,552 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2020s alone account for 33%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Milan is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are girls (9,193), most of them born around 2013.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Milan
1880s	6
1890s	5
1900s	24
1910s	479
1920s	881
1930s	617
1940s	529
1950s	537
1960s	432
1970s	451
1980s	439
1990s	831
2000s	1,248
2010s	5,071
2020s	5,630

In 2024, its biggest year

Milan was the 231st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Milan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Mylan1,779 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.