Milad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-LAAD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Milad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “birth; birthday”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Milad mean?
Arabic
“birth; birthday”
In Arabic Christmas is Eid al-Milad, 'the feast of the birth'.
Is Milad a girl's or a boy's name?
Milad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Milad, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Milad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Milad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Milad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Milad, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Milad in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Milad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Milad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ahmed, Mustafa, Zayd, Hamza, Abdullah, Fahad, Umar, Ahad, Khalid, Zayan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Milad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milad, updated 20 October 2026.