Milena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Milena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Milena: Recorded since 1966, it reached #193 in 2012, and it stood at #330 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#2444
2000	#1475
2001	#1617
2002	#1784
2003	#1383
2004	#1252
2005	#1343
2006	#1052
2007	#1102
2008	#580
2009	#614
2010	#531
2011	#562
2012	#458
2013	#401
2014	#393
2015	#467
2016	#485
2017	#433
2018	#467
2019	#480
2020	#525
2021	#581
2022	#574
2023	#794
2024	#855

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 55 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2025: #330 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #534 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #193 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2005–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #330 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Milena appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 512 births with the name.

Milena across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Milena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#534 (1966)	#239 (2018)	#330 (2025)	55 of 60	512 (1966–2025)	19 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#393 (2014)	#855 (2024)	29 of 29	1,504 (1996–2024)	112 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#193 (2012)	#718 (2025)	21 of 21	281 (2005–2025)	29 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#297 (2012)	#297 (2012)	#333 (2020)	2 of 9	10 (2012–2020)	6 (2012)

Milena by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Milena in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	12	3 of 10	4
1970s	45	6 of 10	8
1980s	108	10 of 10	11
1990s	92	10 of 10	9
2000s	69	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	128	10 of 10	13
2020s	58	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Milena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Milena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#855	43	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#794	45	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#574	68	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#581	67	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#525	76	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#480	86	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#467	92	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#433	101	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#485	89	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#467	93	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#393	112	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#401	106	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#458	98	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#562	72	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#531	75	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#614	61	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#580	65	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#330	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#378	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#271	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#396	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#379	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#361	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#239	19	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#344	12	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#358	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#290	17	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#389	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#350	13	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#480	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#413	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#492	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#459	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#453	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#540	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#389	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#468	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#602	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#434	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#523	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#356	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#421	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#375	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#356	12	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#481	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#304	17	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#380	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#358	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#377	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#298	16	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#330	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#614	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#453	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#551	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#326	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#449	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#521	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#329	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#455	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#572	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#571	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#534	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	24	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	21	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	29	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	21	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	22	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 112 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 46 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mildrid · #165, 30y
Milen · #2660, 12y
Miles · #62, 30y
Miley · #79, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Izabela · #194, 58y
Jennie · #192, 50y
Farah · #195, 51y
Simona · #191, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Garvan · #193, 22y
Marlen · #193, 47y
Finnian · #192, 44y
Frederik · #192, 55y

Milena was ranked #193 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Milena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Milena without appearing here.

Milena moved ahead of

Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #3912.
Lynette Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #3912.
Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #3247.
Freddie Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2738 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #3247.

Moved ahead of Milena

Alma Compare
In 2023 they stood at #445 and #625 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #504 and #213.
Katherine Compare
In 2000 they stood at #475 and #614 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #602 and #334.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #299 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #421 and #180.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #413 and #433 in Norway · Girls; by 2011 that had become #480 and #247.

Moved the opposite way to Milena

Berit Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #534 to #271 while Berit went from #25 to #494.
Gro Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #534 to #271 while Gro went from #40 to #465.
Janne Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #534 to #271 while Janne went from #37 to #469.
Margaret Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #534 to #271 while Margaret went from #300 to #522.

Moved the same way as Milena

Hedda Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #571 to #330 and Hedda from #553 to #10.
Hedvig Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #571 to #330 and Hedvig from #554 to #19.
Martine Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #571 to #330 and Martine from #569 to #124.
Emily Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Milena went from #572 to #330 and Emily from #547 to #71.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Milena

Milena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Milena across 4 official records

Milena by decade in Norway · Girls

Milena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Milena

Milena and the names beside it

Milena moved ahead of

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Milena at a glance

Milena across 4 official records

Milena by decade in Norway · Girls

Milena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Milena

Milena and the names beside it

Milena moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Milena

Moved the opposite way to Milena

Moved the same way as Milena