Milinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Milinda is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Milinda mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Milinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Milinda is a girls' name.
How popular is Milinda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1972, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Milinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Milinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,035 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
Names like Milinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Monica, Rebecca, Miranda, Christina, Vanessa, Amanda, Samantha, Angela, Maria, Jessica, Sabrina
Names related to Milinda
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Milinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milinda, updated 20 October 2026.