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Milana

Say it: mi-LAH-na

Girl6 letters3 syllables

#483

in Ireland (2025)

#473 with spellings combined

7

babies in 2025

#209

best rank (2023)

219

babies since 2006

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10-year rank change

Milana through the years

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Milana: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 20250510152025196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 2023: 21
Milana: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500#1000196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Milana: per 10,000 girls per year in Ireland, 1964 to 20250246810196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 girls listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (girls)Rank
20257#473
202412#321
202321#209
202212#338
202110#389
20206#534
201910#393
20189#434
201711#368
201611#392
201512#379
20149#462
201316#305
201215#338
201116#307
201015#333
20098#489
200810#431
20074#704
20065#551

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.

★ What does Milana mean?

Uncertain, perhaps "dear" or "gracious"

Slavic, probably built on the element mil (dear, gracious), like Milan.

Say it right

miLAHna

The stress falls on the middle syllable.

The story of Milana

Milana is a Slavic girls’ name. It is usually taken to share its root with the boys’ name Milan, from the Slavic element mil, meaning dear, kind or gracious. English dictionaries also note a Milana in Sicily, so the name may have more than one source, and its meaning is best treated as likely rather than certain.

In Ireland it first reached the CSO list in 2006. It grew through the 2010s and had its best year in 2023, with 21 babies and a rank of number 209 in 2023. It dipped after that, and 7 girls were named Milana in 2025.

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Sources
  • Wiktionary: Milana (English proper noun)
  • Wikipedia: Milan (given name)
  • CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences

At a glance

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Spellings counted here

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Milana7219

In Northern Ireland

Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #247 (2014); 41 babies since 2010.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

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