Girl name#1,573 of girl names
Milena
Pronounced M IH1 L EH1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2019
- 107 years in use
How popular is Milena?
Milena is a girls' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 8,249 children — the 1,573rd most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 88% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 487 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M IH1 L EH1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 110
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Milena
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Milena
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Milena?
- Milena ranks 1,573rd among girls' names in US records, with 8,249 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,310.
- Is Milena a unisex name?
- No. Milena is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Milena most popular?
- 2019, when 487 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.