Recorded 1885–2025 · United States
Milan was most popular in 2023, when 1,977 American babies were given the name — ranking #337 that year. In 2025 it ranked #383, with 1,780 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 28,165 people named Milan.
Milan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 122 of the 141 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 28,165 American births named Milan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 25,447 are estimated to be alive today.
1,780 American babies were named Milan in 2025, ranking #383 that year.
Milan is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,698 births a year, against 886 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +92% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Milan is a unisex name — 33.9% of the 28,165 Americans given it were girls and 66.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 30% girls and 70% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 25,447 Americans named Milan are alive today — 90% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 4 and 17.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org