Milania
Feminine · “black”
Milania is Melania respelled, and the Greek behind it is black — melas, the root of melancholy, which was named for the black bile of the four humours.
How old is the name Milania?
Milania first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Milania is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,400 people named Milania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Milania most popular?
Milania peaked in 2014, reaching #757 nationally. Today it ranks #1721, 964 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From melas to Milania
The story of Milania
Melania the Elder and Melania the Younger were Roman noblewomen of the fourth and fifth centuries who gave away enormous fortunes and founded monasteries in Jerusalem; the younger is a saint. The name spread through Orthodox and Italian use. Milania appears in the American registers in the 2000s and is in current use.
Meaning
black, dark
Through Melania, from the Greek melas, 'black' or 'dark'. The same root gives melanin, melanoma and melancholy — the last from the black bile of ancient medicine. The Greek is ordinary and the meaning undisputed. The i spelling is a modern American variation.
How the name formed
- melas
- Melania
- Milania
Related forms: Melania · Melania · Melania
Pronouncing Milania
mih-LAH-nee-uh
Four syllables, stress on the second. Melania is said the same way with a clearer first vowel.
Nicknames for Milania
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2000
- Most girls named
- 2014369 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #757reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +18.0%118 in 2025, from 100
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Milania in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Melania in English — spelling variant
- Melania in Italian — related form
- Melania in Polish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, New Jersey.
Milanias among us
people named Milania are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,621 born in 2025 was named Milania
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Andra test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Milania's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Andra climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Andra's path sketches the road Milania is walking now.
Milania sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Milania is headed
Milania should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Milania beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Milania in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The link to melancholy and the four humours is a genuinely good etymology.
- Two Roman noblewomen with remarkable biographies carry the parent name.
- Mila is available as a short form that is fashionable in its own right.
- Melania is the standard spelling and will be assumed.
- The name is politically associated for many Americans.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Milanias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,400 people named Milania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Milania in 2025?
- Milania ranks #1721 among US girl names in 2025, with 118 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Milania?
- About 1 in every 13,621 US girls born in 2025 was named Milania — 118 in all.
- Will my child share the name Milania with classmates?
- Milania will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Milania
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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