Girl’s name · Slavic

Milyana

How to say it: mee-LYA-na · /mi.ljaˈna/

Slavic feminine name from 'mil' meaning 'dear, gracious' - variant of Milana, meaning beloved.

Milyana was the 1,898th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 0 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are up about 7% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #1,972 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#1,898for girls in 2025
1 in 48,755US babies
0born in 2025
#1,972projected for 2030
2010sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Milyana
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#1,898
Babies born in 20250
Share of births1 in 48,755
Peak decade2010s
Change over 10 years+7%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#1,972
In France, 2025#667 among girls’ names, 15 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Milyana is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 1 per million births, 2010s.

What goes with it

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Nicknames

  • Mily
  • Mila
  • Yana
  • Ana

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Milyana is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, French.

In France: #667 for girls in 2025.

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