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Millen

Gender
Boy
Say it
MIL-en
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,202 for boys

Millen is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).

Where does Millen come from?

English: surname, or a respelling of Milan

Is Millen a girl's or a boy's name?

Millen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Millen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,202among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 27,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Millen, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys.

2025 had more boys named Millen than any year since 2016.

Half of all the boys named Millen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 191 boys in the UK were given Millen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.

In 2022, 17% of the babies named Millen in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

2000Busiest: 15 in 20122025
Millen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#2,202
20247#3,003
20238#2,691
202210#2,279
20217#2,886
20204#4,025
201910#2,231
201810#2,234
20179#2,461
201611#2,143
20155#3,527
201410#2,207
201311#2,033
201215#1,692
20115#3,446
20108#2,534
20095#3,395
20085#3,305
200712#1,760
20068#2,193
20055#2,885
20046#2,399
20034#2,990
20020–
20010–
20004#2,612

Names like Millen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Millen

Names related to Millen

More English names

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Millen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/millen, updated 20 October 2026.