Milan is a distinctive choice, ranked #269 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Milan in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#269
US Rank #242
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About the Name Milan
Milan is steadily gaining in popularity, up 79 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #706 in 2022, and it currently sits at #837. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Milan is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Milan in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #700, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Milan
Milan Blagojević (jurist) — Milan Blagojević is a Serbian jurist, a full-time professor of Constitutional Law and a former judge of the District Court of Banja Luka.
Milan Jagodić — Milan Jagodić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Milan Baroš — Milan Baroš is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Milan
Unlikely. With around 169 UK babies named Milan per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Milan in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Milan has been fairly steady, ranked #269 in 2025 against #333 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #217 in 2022.
Milan is more popular in the US (#700) than in the UK (#837). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Milan include: Milan Blagojević (jurist), Milan Jagodić and Milan Baroš. Short summaries for each appear below.
Milan appears in the US top 500 at #231 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
169
UK babies named Milan (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.4
In a school of 600
↑ 64 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Milan
Almost certainly the only Milan in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Milan
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano [ˈdwɔːmo di miˈlaːno]; Milanese: Domm de Milan [ˈdɔm de miˈlãː]), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
Toplica Milan (Serbian Cyrillic: Топлица Милан) or Milan Toplica (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Топлица), also known as Milan from Toplica (Serbian: Милан из Топлице, romanized: Milan iz Toplice), was a legendary Serbian knight who was allied to Prince Lazar and died during the historical 1389 Battle of Kosovo, according to Serbian epic poems.