# Milan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/milan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mɪˈlɑn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 28,165 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,608 / 9,557 (34% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,935, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 471 | 615 |
| 2012 | 382 | 727 |
| 2013 | 479 | 596 |
| 2014 | 425 | 671 |
| 2015 | 408 | 700 |
| 2016 | 379 | 754 |
| 2017 | 381 | 742 |
| 2018 | 379 | 737 |
| 2019 | 397 | 720 |
| 2020 | 457 | 635 |
| 2021 | 456 | 656 |
| 2022 | 448 | 662 |
| 2023 | 453 | 648 |
| 2024 | 403 | 699 |
| 2025 | 362 | 753 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,191 |
| 2012 | 153 | 1,186 |
| 2013 | 486 | 547 |
| 2014 | 753 | 413 |
| 2015 | 725 | 425 |
| 2016 | 687 | 451 |
| 2017 | 651 | 465 |
| 2018 | 662 | 452 |
| 2019 | 664 | 451 |
| 2020 | 690 | 431 |
| 2021 | 832 | 389 |
| 2022 | 1,038 | 326 |
| 2023 | 1,524 | 230 |
| 2024 | 1,554 | 231 |
| 2025 | 1,418 | 242 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 1,168 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 42 | 882 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 55 | 727 |
| 2017 | 49 | 797 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 54 | 717 |
| 2020 | 39 | 916 |
| 2021 | 36 | 957 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 51 | 706 |
| 2024 | 44 | 837 |
| 2025 | 39 | 894 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 449 |
| 2012 | 79 | 484 |
| 2013 | 97 | 420 |
| 2014 | 149 | 308 |
| 2015 | 141 | 331 |
| 2016 | 148 | 321 |
| 2017 | 149 | 329 |
| 2018 | 133 | 343 |
| 2019 | 149 | 317 |
| 2020 | 138 | 333 |
| 2021 | 168 | 274 |
| 2022 | 234 | 217 |
| 2023 | 224 | 220 |
| 2024 | 217 | 228 |
| 2025 | 169 | 269 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مِيلَانُو
- Armenian: Միլան
- Bulgarian: Милано
- Catalan: Milà
- Chinese: 米蘭 /米兰
- Czech: Milán, Milan
- Danish: Milano
- Dutch: Milaan
- Esperanto: Milano
- Estonian: Milano
- Finnish: Milano
- French: Milan
- Georgian: მილანი
- German: Mailand, Mayland
- Greek: Μιλάνο
- Hebrew: מילנו
- Hindi: मिलान
- Hungarian: Milánó, Milán
- Indonesian: Milan
- Italian: Milano

## People named Milan

- Milan Kundera, Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)
- Milan Baroš, Czech association football player (born 1981)
- Milan Kučan, First President of Slovenia (1991–2002)
- Milan Badelj, Croatian association football player
- Milan Milutinović, 2nd President of Serbia (1942–2023)
- Milan Borjan, Canadian association football player
- Milan Babić, First President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina 1991–1992
- Milan Martić, Croatian Serb politician (born 1954)
- Milan Rapaić, Croatian footballer
- Milan Škoda, Czech association football player (1986-)
- Milan Bandić, Croatian politician; mayor of Zagreb (1955–2021)
- Milan Petržela, Czech football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.