How rare is the name Milana?

5,092 people in the United States have the first name Milana, about 1 in 59,315. It ranks #3,862 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MILANA

#3,862

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,092
About
1 in 59,315
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,092 people named Milana, 69.9% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Milana peaked in 2015, when 421 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
421
In 2025*
336 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,027 babies have been given the name since 1947. 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.

Milana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,469. The largest share of babies named Milana, 68.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#11,8886
1950s#8,39345
1960s#9,66842
1970s#16,48022
1980s#14,12954
1990s#8,084199
2000s#3,0781,116
2010s#1,5353,349
2020s#1,4692,194
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–962.4%
Generation Z 1997–1227.4%
2013 and later68.5%

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 Milana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Milana has been most common in Washington (5.3×), Florida (2.8×), and Oregon (2.5×), and least common in Indiana (0.3×).

5,579 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.

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Milana, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Milana ranks #56,436 of 156,621, with 391 people. See Milana as a last name

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