Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mylena isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mylena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 243
- 0 boys · 243 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,201 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,201 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 302 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mylena’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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