Milan

#751 for girls in 2025, 362 births · #242 for boys in 2025, 1,418 births
Given to boys 66.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 1,524 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,608
since 1885

Milan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #593, 2013girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#751362#2421,418
2024#698403#2311,554
2023#645453#2301,524
2022#661448#3261,038
2021#655456#388832
2020#634457#431690
2019#719397#451664
2018#737379#451662
2017#742381#465651
2016#751379#451687
2015#697408#425725
2014#670425#413753
2013#593479#546486
2012#727382#1,182153
2011#614471#1,183149
2010#667435#1,232143
2009#784360#1,182153
2008#1,089239#1,119163
2007#1,024258#1,229143
2006#1,151212#1,367118
2005#1,115212#1,296118
2004#1,170192#1,235122
2003#1,422139#1,291109
2002#1,468130#1,34698
2001#1,686107#1,231108
2000#1,84593#1,175116
1999#1,77090#1,36687
1998#1,272142#1,092118
1997#1,343128#1,065119
1996#1,68590#1,22691
1995#2,30957#1,33877
1994#2,38154#1,28882
1993#2,28956#1,40069
1992#2,73344#1,49061
1991#3,30133#1,50258
1990#3,29733#1,33669
1989#2,98636#1,33667
1988#3,48327#1,48251
1987#4,28319#1,97431
1986#3,64523#1,47646
1985#4,28218#1,50444
1984#5,89911#1,76432
1983#5,82411#1,47042
1982#7,4698#1,46443
1981#1,66135
1980#1,35748
1979#1,10066
1978#1,12161
1977#1,49038
1976#1,50236
1975#1,40739
1974#1,22946
1973#6,6667#1,51432
1972#8,2925#1,10754
1971#1,35239
1970#1,31440
1969#5,4568#1,05054
1968#1,25836
1967#1,10245
1966#1,23737
1965#1,06448
1964#1,09648
1963#1,21541
1962#1,34134
1961#1,20643
1960#1,15246
1959#1,12947
1958#97860
1957#1,16544
1956#99956
1955#97659
1954#1,03952
1953#99952
1952#95356
1951#98451
1950#88560
1949#94254
1948#92356
1947#1,00051
1946#1,03144
1945#86452
1944#1,05539
1943#91753
1942#76071
1941#83458
1940#88151
1939#84652
1938#78461
1937#77163
1936#69872
1935#99241
1934#84555
1933#76264
1932#80263
1931#70274
1930#74972
1929#70577
1928#69084
1927#72680
1926#605107
1925#73079
1924#73182
1923#64499
1922#68690
1921#65896
1920#68787
1919#73875
1918#72877
1917#77366
1916#66279
1915#73466
1914#96733
1913#81834
1912#80030
1911#1,11710
1910#1,1189
1909#1,4405
1908#1,1137
1907#1,0947
1906#1,2535
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1900
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1898
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1896
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1892#1,0665
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1885#8366
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1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Milan! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Milan
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#231#242)
  • 189 spots since 2020 (#431#242)
  • 183 spots since 2015 (#425#242)
  • Biggest jump: 636 spots in 2013 (#1,182#546)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1946 (#864#1,031)
Rise & fade · boys
138 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2023 at #230 (1,524 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1912–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,109
  • Highest: 1 in 1,109 boys born in 2024 were named Milan (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,205 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #230 in 2023, was only 1 in 1,122 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 37.9% of all boys named Milan (7,056) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
  • Mostly girls until 2012, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#836 (1885)#836
1890s5#1,066 (1892)#1,066
1900s24#1,094 (1907)#1,225
1910s479#662 (1916)#846
1920s881#605 (1926)#686
1930s617#698 (1936)#795
1940s529#760 (1942)#921
1950s537#885 (1950)#1,011
1960s432#1,050 (1969)#1,172
1970s451#1,100 (1979)#1,314
1980s439#1,336 (1989)#1,549
1990s831#1,065 (1997)#1,310
2000s1,248#1,119 (2008)#1,247
2010s5,073#413 (2014)#680
2020s7,056#230 (2023)#308

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Milan in 2015

girls
#697
408 births · 1 in 4,375 girls
boys
#425
725 births · 1 in 2,644 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #697Milan408

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #425Milan725
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 4,375 of them was named Milan, which outranked 96.4% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milan
  1. #693Emmalynn409
  2. #693Kallie409
  3. #693Karlee409
  4. #697Milan408
  5. #697Clarissa408
  6. #697Eileen408
  7. #697Lailah408
  8. #701Ellen406
  9. #701Sloan406
  10. #703Amiya405

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 2,644 of them was named Milan, which outranked 97.0% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milan
  1. #422Ellis740
  2. #423Chandler732
  3. #424Keith729
  4. #425Milan725
  5. #426Jonas724
  6. #427Damon719
  7. #428Kane716
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015