Name meaning & stats
Milan
Milan means “desire”. 26,153 US babies since 1940, peak 2023.
What it means
“desire”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2023
26,153 US babies were named Milan between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Milan (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 88% of the family
- Milan 88%
- Mylan 6%
- Million 2%
- Mylon 1%
- Millan 1%
- Mylen 1%
- Milen <1%
- Milon <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2023)