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Milen

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Gracious, dear

Milen has been given to 142 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Milen, 2024

1 in 371,000

Milen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Milen over time

In 2024, Milen went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19232024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Milen: meaning, origin, and history

Gracious, dear

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Milen means

Milen means “gracious, dear”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Milen is used in Bulgarian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 117 boys were recorded with the name Milen between 1923 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2015; its best national rank was #4,537 in 1928.

In the United States, 25 girls were recorded with the name Milen between 2007 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2007; its best national rank was #17,361 in 2018.

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.

How common is Milen?

Milen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 371,000
9 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 191,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
257,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Milen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Milen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Milens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Milen was born before 2012 — so the typical Milen is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
49.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
107
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Choose a decade

2010s — 49.6% of all recorded uses (58).

Is Milen 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2015 (9)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,537
1928

Spellings of Milen

Milen is not the most common spelling — Allen is, with 17.5% against Milen's <0.01%.

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.

Milen around the world

Where Milen 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
    1999–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2020
    #2,570
    in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Milen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,537
1928
Peak year
2015
9 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
117
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,361
2018
Peak year
2007
5 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
25
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Milen

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

MillenMilamMilaMilohMilioMilikAylenNylenMilosMiladRilenMilonMillanMileyMilusMilezXylenMilanoRolenMylenMillsVaylenXaylenWallen

Sibling names for Milen

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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