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Milan

Pronounced /mɪˈlɑn/

Rank in 2024
#231
Born in 2024
1,552
Peak year
2024 · #231
Origin
Slavic
Also recorded for girls:401 in 2024 (#699)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,552 boys were named Milan, about 1 in every 1,105.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1885.
  • 17,180 boys have been named Milan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Milan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,223 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 1,102 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 954 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 719 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 898 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,017 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,256 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.

  • A female given name.
  • A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Origin
Slavic
Say it
/mɪˈlɑn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Milan, CC BY-SA 4.0.