How rare is the name Milena?

8,922 people in the United States have the first name Milena, about 1 in 33,852. It ranks #2,650 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MILENA

#2,650

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,922
About
1 in 33,852
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,922 people named Milena, 54.2% reported their origin as White, 37.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% 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.

Milena peaked in 2019, when 428 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
428
In 2025*
271 ▼37%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,749 babies have been given the name since 1918. 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.

Milena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,527. The largest share of babies named Milena, 59.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#13,0426
1940s#8,64526
1950s#8,81739
1960s#6,70994
1970s#4,891231
1980s#5,656239
1990s#4,530457
2000s#2,6921,351
2010s#1,5883,218
2020s#1,5272,083
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–966.4%
Generation Z 1997–1228.5%
2013 and later59.6%

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 Milena is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Milena has been most common in Florida (3×), California (2×), and Arizona (1.9×), and least common in Indiana (0.51×).

5,842 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 Milena

#2,648 Oralia · 8,931#2,649 Marilynn · 8,929#2,651 Lacie · 8,921#2,651 Reyes · 8,921

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,862 Milana · 5,092#11,985 Mileena · 1,053#20,632 Milene · 499#20,756 Milen · 495#39,013 Milina · 195#39,261 Millena · 193#43,210 Mileny · 164

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