girls:
8.8k births since 1969
#1735 (70th percentile)
boys:
15.6k births since 1885
#934 (80th percentile)
overall:
24.4k births since 1885
#1624 (79th percentile)
The name Milan is the #1,624 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,410 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 79.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #934 (79.6% percentile) for all time with 15,619 births since 1885. For girls, it ranks #1,735 (69.6% percentile) for all time with 8,791 births since 1969.
Milan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for boys and 1969 for girls). Birth data for Milan is available in 120 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023 (120 years for boys and 45 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Milan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 77.0% of babies named Milan were boys.
For boys, Milan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 75.2% percentile (ranked #227) with 828 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 828 births per million (ranked 75.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Milan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #227 (75.2% percentile) with 828 births per million.
For girls, Milan reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 46.1% percentile (ranked #502) with 248 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 259 births per million (ranked 43.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Milan is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #536 (43.4% percentile) with 259 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Milan".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Milan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.9% confident that Milan is pronounced as mih-LAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAI-luhn, at 12.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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