Milica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-lee-tsah
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Milica is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Milica mean?
Slavic: Serbian, Croatian and Slovene, from Slavic mil 'dear'
“dear, gracious”
Princess Milica, wife of Prince Lazar of Serbia, ruled after his death and was later venerated as a saint.
Is Milica a girl's or a boy's name?
Milica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 9 girls.
Milica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Milica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Milica, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Milica in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Milica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Names like Milica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mila Myla Francesca Mira Mia Fatima Isabella Zara Arabella Sienna Emma Ava
Names related to Milica
More Slavic names
Milan Vera Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah Raisa
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, “Milica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milica, updated 20 October 2026.