Milind

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Milind has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 1998. 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 2005, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Milind, 2016

1 in 612,000

Milind over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Milind: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Milind means

Milind is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Milind is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 69 boys were recorded with the name Milind between 1998 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2005; its best national rank was #8,082 in 2005.

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.

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How common is Milind?

Milind had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 612,000; 6 of 3,669,531 births
Among boys only: 1 in 316,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 423,922 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Milind 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 2016 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 423,922 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Milind. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Milinds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Milind was born before 2006 — so the typical Milind is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 60.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 69; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 60.9% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Milind 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: —; 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 2005 (9)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,082; 2005

Spellings of Milind

Milind is not the most common spelling — Milan is, with 99.6% against Milind's 0.37%.

Milan99.6%18,608
Milind0.37%69

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.

Milind around the world

Where Milind 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
2007–2007
#4,333
in 2007

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

Milind 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: #8,082; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 9 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 69
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Milind

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

Millan Milagro Milio Milian Milano Milliano Mila Milosz Milez Milus Milam Miley Milner Millen Milbern Miliano Arlind Millie Milferd Miloh Milen Milik Millage Million

Sibling names for Milind

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

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

Explore around Milind

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