Mylan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MY-lan
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,826 for boys
Mylan is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,826th for boys in the US (87 babies).
What does Mylan mean?
Slavic: spelling of Milan
“dear, gracious”
A respelling of Milan, a Slavic name from mil, 'dear', which also matches the Italian city.
Is Mylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Mylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 87 boys in the US.
How popular is Mylan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 142% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Mylan, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mylan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Mylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Mylan 10
- Mylen 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Mylan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Mylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,826among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 87about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were named Mylan, making it the 1,826th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 1932. 9 girls were also named Mylan in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were given Mylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,281, up from #1,826 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 28% of the babies named Mylan in the US in 1998, and 9% in 2025.
Mylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #1,826 |
| 2024 | 97 | #1,709 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
Names like Mylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan Ronan Milan Musa Lochlan Hudson Finn Logan Jaxon Roman Muhammad Callan
Other spellings of Mylan
Names related to Mylan
More Slavic names
Mila Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
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, “Mylan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mylan, updated 20 October 2026.