Milena
- #950 for girls in 2025, 271 births
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 428 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,749since 1918
Milena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Milena has never cracked the top 600 here.
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. Not on the chart: 5 girls in 1918, 6 girls in 1924 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #950 | 271 |
| 2024 | #784 | 359 |
| 2023 | #701 | 410 |
| 2022 | #773 | 368 |
| 2021 | #810 | 345 |
| 2020 | #825 | 330 |
| 2019 | #675 | 428 |
| 2018 | #805 | 338 |
| 2017 | #836 | 325 |
| 2016 | #704 | 407 |
| 2015 | #757 | 372 |
| 2014 | #794 | 353 |
| 2013 | #843 | 311 |
| 2012 | #967 | 262 |
| 2011 | #1,070 | 230 |
| 2010 | #1,249 | 192 |
| 2009 | #1,307 | 185 |
| 2008 | #1,495 | 156 |
| 2007 | #1,303 | 187 |
| 2006 | #1,468 | 151 |
| 2005 | #1,624 | 124 |
| 2004 | #1,593 | 123 |
| 2003 | #1,832 | 101 |
| 2002 | #1,955 | 90 |
| 2001 | #1,523 | 122 |
| 2000 | #1,577 | 112 |
| 1999 | #2,283 | 65 |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
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| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
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| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five girls were named Milena! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Milena is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#564 · 1 in 2,670
- Florida#583 · 1 in 2,892
- Washington#617 · 1 in 2,886
- Illinois#619 · 1 in 2,955
- New Jersey#667 · 1 in 3,227
Best ever in a state: #180 in Rhode Island, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #564 | 9 | 1 in 2,670 |
| Florida | #583 | 30 | 1 in 2,892 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Illinois | #619 | 15 | 1 in 2,955 |
| New Jersey | #667 | 11 | 1 in 3,227 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| California | #766 | 40 | 1 in 4,043 |
| Michigan | #787 | 9 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Texas | #917 | 31 | 1 in 5,179 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| North Carolina | #973 | 9 | 1 in 5,165 |
| New York | #1,028 | 14 | 1 in 5,595 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Milena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 125 spots since 2020 (#825 → #950)
- Biggest jump: 130 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2019 at #675 (428 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,914
- Highest: 1 in 3,914 girls born in 2023 were named Milena (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,931 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #675 in 2019, was only 1 in 3,921 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 41.5% of all girls named Milena (3,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,434 (1924) | #4,434 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 26 | #2,530 (1947) | #2,874 |
| 1950s | 39 | #4,625 (1959) | #5,089 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,318 (1969) | #4,003 |
| 1970s | 231 | #2,173 (1972) | #3,183 |
| 1980s | 239 | #2,645 (1982) | #3,634 |
| 1990s | 457 | #2,221 (1998) | #2,801 |
| 2000s | 1,351 | #1,303 (2007) | #1,568 |
| 2010s | 3,218 | #675 (2019) | #870 |
| 2020s | 2,083 | #701 (2023) | #807 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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