Milena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-LAY-na
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #973 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #950 for girls
Milena is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 950th for girls in the US (271 babies).
What does Milena mean?
Slavic: from the element mil
“dear, gracious”
Slavic name from mil, dear or gracious, popular in Czechia, Serbia and Poland.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Milena a girl's or a boy's name?
Milena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 271 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 973rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Milena, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 516th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 120 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Milena than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Milena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Milena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 43 | #899 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 71 | #596 |
| 2021 | 75 | #578 |
| 2020 | 85 | #516 |
| 2019 | 88 | #518 |
| 2018 | 101 | #482 |
| 2017 | 109 | #451 |
| 2016 | 95 | #503 |
| 2015 | 101 | #474 |
| 2014 | 120 | #410 |
| 2013 | 114 | #416 |
| 2012 | 108 | #459 |
| 2011 | 79 | #571 |
| 2010 | 82 | #541 |
| 2009 | 67 | #621 |
| 2008 | 69 | #604 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Milena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 950th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 271 about 1 in 5,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 271 girls in the US were named Milena, making it the 950th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 825th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 428 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer girls named Milena than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Milena in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 girls in the US were given Milena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #862, up from #950 for this spelling alone.
- Milena 271
- Milenna 12
Milena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 271 | #950 |
| 2024 | 359 | #784 |
| 2023 | 410 | #701 |
| 2022 | 368 | #773 |
| 2021 | 345 | #810 |
| 2020 | 330 | #825 |
| 2019 | 428 | #675 |
| 2018 | 338 | #805 |
| 2017 | 325 | #836 |
| 2016 | 407 | #704 |
| 2015 | 372 | #757 |
| 2014 | 353 | #794 |
| 2013 | 311 | #843 |
| 2012 | 262 | #967 |
| 2011 | 230 | #1,070 |
| 2010 | 192 | #1,249 |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,307 |
| 2008 | 156 | #1,495 |
| 2007 | 187 | #1,303 |
| 2006 | 151 | #1,468 |
| 2005 | 124 | #1,623 |
| 2004 | 123 | #1,592 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,522 |
| 2000 | 112 | #1,575 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,218 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,173 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Nicknames for Milena
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Milena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mila, Myla, Sienna, Fatima, Zara, Mira, Eliana, Athena, Lyra, Aria, Mia, Amara
Names related to Milena
Milan, Milana, Melina, Milani, Millan, Malena, Mileena, Mailen, Maleena
More Slavic names
Vera, Nadia, Rayna, Zora, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah, Raisa, Kalina, Vladimir, Nadine
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, “Milena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milena, updated 20 October 2026.