Milan
#751 for girls in 2025, 362 births · #242 for boys in 2025, 1,418 births
Given to boys 66.1% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 1,524 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,608since 1885
Milan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #751 | 362 | #242 | 1,418 |
| 2024 | #698 | 403 | #231 | 1,554 |
| 2023 | #645 | 453 | #230 | 1,524 |
| 2022 | #661 | 448 | #326 | 1,038 |
| 2021 | #655 | 456 | #388 | 832 |
| 2020 | #634 | 457 | #431 | 690 |
| 2019 | #719 | 397 | #451 | 664 |
| 2018 | #737 | 379 | #451 | 662 |
| 2017 | #742 | 381 | #465 | 651 |
| 2016 | #751 | 379 | #451 | 687 |
| 2015 | #697 | 408 | #425 | 725 |
| 2014 | #670 | 425 | #413 | 753 |
| 2013 | #593 | 479 | #546 | 486 |
| 2012 | #727 | 382 | #1,182 | 153 |
| 2011 | #614 | 471 | #1,183 | 149 |
| 2010 | #667 | 435 | #1,232 | 143 |
| 2009 | #784 | 360 | #1,182 | 153 |
| 2008 | #1,089 | 239 | #1,119 | 163 |
| 2007 | #1,024 | 258 | #1,229 | 143 |
| 2006 | #1,151 | 212 | #1,367 | 118 |
| 2005 | #1,115 | 212 | #1,296 | 118 |
| 2004 | #1,170 | 192 | #1,235 | 122 |
| 2003 | #1,422 | 139 | #1,291 | 109 |
| 2002 | #1,468 | 130 | #1,346 | 98 |
| 2001 | #1,686 | 107 | #1,231 | 108 |
| 2000 | #1,845 | 93 | #1,175 | 116 |
| 1999 | #1,770 | 90 | #1,366 | 87 |
| 1998 | #1,272 | 142 | #1,092 | 118 |
| 1997 | #1,343 | 128 | #1,065 | 119 |
| 1996 | #1,685 | 90 | #1,226 | 91 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 | #1,338 | 77 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | #1,288 | 82 |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 | #1,400 | 69 |
| 1992 | #2,733 | 44 | #1,490 | 61 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | #1,336 | 67 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #1,476 | 46 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #1,504 | 44 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #1,470 | 42 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | — | #1,661 | 35 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,357 | 48 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,100 | 66 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,490 | 38 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,407 | 39 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,229 | 46 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,107 | 54 |
| 1971 | — | #1,352 | 39 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1968 | — | #1,258 | 36 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,237 | 37 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,064 | 48 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,096 | 48 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,341 | 34 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,206 | 43 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,129 | 47 | |
| 1958 | — | #978 | 60 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #999 | 56 | |
| 1955 | — | #976 | 59 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,039 | 52 | |
| 1953 | — | #999 | 52 | |
| 1952 | — | #953 | 56 | |
| 1951 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1950 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1949 | — | #942 | 54 | |
| 1948 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,000 | 51 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,031 | 44 | |
| 1945 | — | #864 | 52 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #917 | 53 | |
| 1942 | — | #760 | 71 | |
| 1941 | — | #834 | 58 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #846 | 52 | |
| 1938 | — | #784 | 61 | |
| 1937 | — | #771 | 63 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | — | #845 | 55 | |
| 1933 | — | #762 | 64 | |
| 1932 | — | #802 | 63 | |
| 1931 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1930 | — | #749 | 72 | |
| 1929 | — | #705 | 77 | |
| 1928 | — | #690 | 84 | |
| 1927 | — | #726 | 80 | |
| 1926 | — | #605 | 107 | |
| 1925 | — | #730 | 79 | |
| 1924 | — | #731 | 82 | |
| 1923 | — | #644 | 99 | |
| 1922 | — | #686 | 90 | |
| 1921 | — | #658 | 96 | |
| 1920 | — | #687 | 87 | |
| 1919 | — | #738 | 75 | |
| 1918 | — | #728 | 77 | |
| 1917 | — | #773 | 66 | |
| 1916 | — | #662 | 79 | |
| 1915 | — | #734 | 66 | |
| 1914 | — | #967 | 33 | |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #800 | 30 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
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| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five boys were named Milan! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Milan is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Ohio#483 · 1 in 12,853
- Pennsylvania#558 · 1 in 20,517
- Illinois#588 · 1 in 16,045
Best ever in a state: #72 in Florida, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #483 | 9 | 1 in 12,853 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 6 | 1 in 20,517 |
| Illinois | #588 | 7 | 1 in 16,045 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 11 spots since 2024 (#231 → #242)
- 189 spots since 2020 (#431 → #242)
- 183 spots since 2015 (#425 → #242)
- Biggest jump: 636 spots in 2013 (#1,182 → #546)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1946 (#864 → #1,031)
Rise & fade · boys
138 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 2023 at #230 (1,524 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1912–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,109
- Highest: 1 in 1,109 boys born in 2024 were named Milan (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,205 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- Its best rank, #230 in 2023, was only 1 in 1,122 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 37.9% of all boys named Milan (7,056) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly girls until 2012, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #836 (1885) | #836 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,225 |
| 1910s | 479 | #662 (1916) | #846 |
| 1920s | 881 | #605 (1926) | #686 |
| 1930s | 617 | #698 (1936) | #795 |
| 1940s | 529 | #760 (1942) | #921 |
| 1950s | 537 | #885 (1950) | #1,011 |
| 1960s | 432 | #1,050 (1969) | #1,172 |
| 1970s | 451 | #1,100 (1979) | #1,314 |
| 1980s | 439 | #1,336 (1989) | #1,549 |
| 1990s | 831 | #1,065 (1997) | #1,310 |
| 2000s | 1,248 | #1,119 (2008) | #1,247 |
| 2010s | 5,073 | #413 (2014) | #680 |
| 2020s | 7,056 | #230 (2023) | #308 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Milan in 1956
boys
#999
56 births · 1 in 37,773 boys
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 37,773 of them was named Milan, which outranked 77.6% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).