NameTides

Milan

Milan was the #242 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,418 babies), and #269 in England & Wales and #107 in Canada.

Milan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Milan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & WalesScotland
Milan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#242 (1,418)#269 (169)#316 (11)—#198 (24)#107 (285)
2024#231 (1,554)#228 (217)#307 (12)#339 (4)#231 (19)#95 (304)
2023#230 (1,524)#220 (224)#435 (7)#395 (3)#303 (14)#88 (327)
2022#326 (1,038)#217 (234)#590 (4)#352 (4)#329 (13)#95 (334)
2021#388 (832)#274 (168)#372 (9)—#312 (14)#85 (380)
2020#431 (690)#333 (138)#372 (9)—#496 (6)#95 (349)
2019#451 (664)#317 (149)#701 (3)—#438 (8)#89 (383)
2018#451 (662)#343 (133)#392 (8)—#435 (8)#91 (384)
2017#465 (651)#329 (149)——#394 (9)#125 (306)
2016#451 (687)#321 (148)#532 (5)—#491 (6)#188 (201)
2015#425 (725)#331 (141)#359 (9)—#294 (15)#186 (203)
2014#413 (753)#308 (149)#533 (5)—#259 (19)#211 (178)
2013#546 (486)#420 (97)#590 (4)—#338 (12)#210 (172)
2012#1,182 (153)#484 (79)——#401 (9)#261 (129)
2011#1,183 (149)#449 (84)——#326 (13)#258 (125)

Milan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Milan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Milan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#751 (362)#894 (39)——#1,373 (18)
2024#698 (403)#837 (44)#790 (3)—#1,234 (20)
2023#645 (453)#706 (51)#540 (5)#625 (5)#1,203 (20)
2022#661 (448)#706 (52)——#1,415 (16)
2021#655 (456)#957 (36)#792 (3)—#1,381 (17)
2020#634 (457)#916 (39)——#2,343 (8)
2019#719 (397)#717 (54)——#1,283 (19)
2018#737 (379)#864 (43)—#896 (3)#1,741 (12)
2017#742 (381)#797 (49)—#734 (4)#1,584 (14)
2016#751 (379)#727 (55)——#2,595 (7)
2015#697 (408)#1,033 (34)——#2,179 (9)
2014#670 (425)#1,234 (27)#802 (3)—#1,786 (12)
2013#593 (479)#882 (42)——#1,599 (14)
2012#727 (382)#1,525 (20)——#1,472 (16)
2011#614 (471)#1,168 (28)—#937 (3)#1,500 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #231.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.
  • In 2025, 20% of US babies named Milan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 990common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 560common
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Milan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 880 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 630 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Milan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #336WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #246ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #224NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #230NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #395OHPennsylvania: #371PANew Jersey: #169NJConnecticut: #210CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #235CAUtah: #255UTColorado: #202CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #303VAMaryland: #243MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #221AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #376OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #248GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #206TXFlorida: #73FL
Milan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#31185
Ontario2024#23859

Milan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MilanCanadaGirls#1,37318
MilanCanadaBoys#107285
MilanEngland & WalesGirls#89439
MilanEngland & WalesBoys#269169
MilanIrelandGirls—too few
MilanIrelandBoys#19824
MilanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MilanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MilanScotlandGirls—too few
MilanScotlandBoys#31611
MilanUSGirls#751362
MilanUSBoys#2421,418