Milana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-LAH-na
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #553 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #812 for girls
Milana is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 553rd for girls in the UK (77 babies) and 812th for girls in the US (336 babies).
What does Milana mean?
Slavic: feminine of Milan
“dear, gracious”
Feminine of Milan, from the Slavic element mil, dear.
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Is Milana a girl's or a boy's name?
Milana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 girls in the UK and 336 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77 about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were named Milana, making it the 553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 525th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 124 girls.
Half of all the girls named Milana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 568th in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Milana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #553 |
| 2024 | 74 | #576 |
| 2023 | 89 | #493 |
| 2022 | 78 | #547 |
| 2021 | 87 | #523 |
| 2020 | 84 | #525 |
| 2019 | 96 | #480 |
| 2018 | 124 | #396 |
| 2017 | 107 | #458 |
| 2016 | 84 | #551 |
| 2015 | 102 | #473 |
| 2014 | 97 | #491 |
| 2013 | 74 | #609 |
| 2012 | 82 | #565 |
| 2011 | 44 | #887 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Milana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 812th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 336 about 1 in 4,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 336 girls in the US were named Milana, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 699th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 421 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had fewer girls named Milana than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Milana in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 349 girls in the US were given Milana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #771, up from #812 for this spelling alone.
- Milana 336
- Milanna 7
- Milanah 6
Milana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 336 | #812 |
| 2024 | 360 | #783 |
| 2023 | 373 | #755 |
| 2022 | 372 | #768 |
| 2021 | 350 | #804 |
| 2020 | 403 | #699 |
| 2019 | 298 | #893 |
| 2018 | 367 | #750 |
| 2017 | 418 | #693 |
| 2016 | 396 | #719 |
| 2015 | 421 | #678 |
| 2014 | 370 | #756 |
| 2013 | 352 | #774 |
| 2012 | 267 | #951 |
| 2011 | 252 | #999 |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,165 |
| 2009 | 194 | #1,258 |
| 2008 | 168 | #1,415 |
| 2007 | 174 | #1,385 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,375 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,924 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
Nicknames for Milana
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Milana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla, Amira, Amara, Safa, Maeva, Ayla, Sienna, Myla, Khadija, Liyana, Noa, Aria
Other spellings of Milana
Names related to Milana
Milan, Milena, Milani, Melania, Malin, Milania, Malina, Millan, Meilani, Mileena
More Slavic names
Mila, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Rayna, Zora, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah, Raisa, Kalina
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, “Milana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milana, updated 20 October 2026.