Milana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 70 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Milana has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #678 |
| 2016 | #720 |
| 2017 | #694 |
| 2018 | #750 |
| 2019 | #895 |
| 2020 | #698 |
| 2021 | #804 |
| 2022 | #766 |
| 2023 | #752 |
| 2024 | #783 |
| 2025 | #812 |
Milana by the numbers
In 2025, 70 babies in England and Wales were named Milana. In the US, 418 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 420 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Milana
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Milana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Milenagracious or dear, feminine form of Milan325 in the US (2017)
- Milaniadark, black; a spelling variant of Melania205 in the US (2017)
- Melanadark or black; a form of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
- Milinagracious, dear; a diminutive form8 in the US (2017)
- Milan169 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milani536 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Milana
Names that are said the same way as Milana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Milana
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