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UnisexOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: rising fast

MilanIn Hebrew: מילאן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מִילָאן

Milan (Hebrew: מילאן) is a unisex name of mixed origin. 1,084 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 123 girls and ranked #148. Its peak year was 2023, with 178 babies.

People in Israel
1,084
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
123
rank #148
Peak year
2023
178 babies
USA, 2025
362
rank #751

Writing and saying Milan

In Hebrew letters the name is מילאן, read right to left. Milan is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Milan by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Milan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Milan in English-speaking countries

Milan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025362#7512013 (479)
United Kingdom202539#9452023 (56)
England and Wales202539#8942016 (55)
Alberta20251#2,5382019 (5)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Milan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Milan

How do you write Milan in Hebrew?

Milan is written מילאן in Hebrew (with vowel points: מִילָאן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Milan?

1,084 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מילאן: 673 women and 411 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Milan a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 62% of the people named מילאן are women and 38% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Milan used outside Israel?

The name Milan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 362 girls were given it in 2025 (#751), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 39 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.