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Milani

#288 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Milani has been given to 11,656 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #288 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 1,299 recorded.

Babies named Milani, 2025

1 in 3,120

Milani over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Milani: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Milani means

Milani is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Milani is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,646 girls were recorded with the name Milani between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,299 in 2022; its best national rank was #235 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank held the same position, from #288 in 2020 to #288 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #667 in 2015 to #288 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Milani between 2021 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2021; its best national rank was #13,424 in 2021.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Milani?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,120
1,063 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 1,510
0.07% of girls
Rank, 2025
#288
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,163 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Milani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50015%

Put another way: gather 2,163 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Milani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Milanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Milani was born before 2020 — so the typical Milani is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
58.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,646
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 58.5% of all recorded uses (6,816).

Is Milani rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−10
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
±0
No change
Rank vs 10 years ago
+379
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.48×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.8%
Peak was 2022 (1,299)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#235
2022

Spellings of Milani

Milani is not the most common spelling — Melanie is, with 40.8% against Milani's 1.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Milani is used

Across 2016–2025, Milani was most concentrated in Rhode Island — about 1 in 439 girls, against 1 in 1,453 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

3228 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Rhode Island1 in 439
  2. 2Delaware1 in 820
  3. 3Connecticut1 in 855
  4. 4Georgia1 in 862
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 885
  6. 6District of Columbia1 in 901
  7. 7Illinois1 in 1,000
  8. 8New Jersey1 in 1,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Milani is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 57% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Milani around the world

Where Milani ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2025
    #1,079
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2021–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,469
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Milani by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#288
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Steady
Best rank ever
#235
2022
Peak year
2022
1,299 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,646
Count in 2025
1,063

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,424
2021
Peak year
2021
5 that year
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Milani

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MilianiMilenaMilanaMilanMileyArmaniMillieKalaniMillerMillaniMilagrosNalaniAilaniMalaniMelaniMilaniaMillyKaylaniKailaniMililaniAmaniMilahKehlaniTiffani

Names with a curve like Milani

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Milani, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LennonCollinsKaylaniEsmeWrenAntonellaAmoraSuttonLilithPoppyMaisieAlessia

Sibling names for Milani

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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