first name
MILAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,228 people named Milan, 36% reported their origin as White, 24% as Black and 21.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 65.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Milan peaked in 2023, when 1,977 babies got the name.
At least 28,165 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Milan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #427. The largest share of babies named Milan, 60.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Milan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Milan has been most common in Florida (3×), Nevada (2.2×), and Maryland (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.13×).
22,942 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Milan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Milan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Milan ranks #5,707 of 156,621, with 5,854 people. See Milan as a last name
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