Milica
Milica is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, including Milica of Serbia, wife of Tsar Lazar, who is honored as a saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
Meaning & Origin of Milica
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Milica is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, including Milica of Serbia, wife of Tsar Lazar, who is honored as a saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
The Story of Milica
Milica first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1956, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 17 births, good for #7,115 nationwide. About 30% of every Milica on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Milica last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 401 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Milica
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Milica. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Milica
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About the name Milica
Milica is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 401 births in the dataset. Milica's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #7,115. Use the chart and map above to compare Milica's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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