Milburn

Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523

Peak · boys
1908 · 20 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,234
since 1884

Milburn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Milburn has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #566, 1908boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1985#6,5235
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1981#6,2625
1980#6,2505
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1977#5,1236
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1975#5,4645
1974#3,8378
1973#3,6948
1972#3,15210
1971#4,9075
1970#4,2306
1969#3,3148
1968#2,20014
1967#2,7609
1966#2,32712
1965#2,36612
1964#2,66510
1963#2,11515
1962#2,27913
1961#2,14815
1960#2,42312
1959#1,75921
1958#2,50611
1957#1,54726
1956#2,16814
1955#2,30212
1954#2,20713
1953#1,90017
1952#2,01015
1951#1,59822
1950#1,65720
1949#1,46225
1948#1,37828
1947#1,48225
1946#1,25731
1945#1,34924
1944#1,19331
1943#1,14036
1942#1,35826
1941#1,16932
1940#1,36824
1939#1,16831
1938#1,33725
1937#84552
1936#1,14233
1935#1,02039
1934#1,05938
1933#99541
1932#1,03541
1931#1,05041
1930#1,00746
1929#87857
1928#90255
1927#1,06044
1926#85560
1925#87159
1924#96053
1923#94153
1922#80170
1921#83468
1920#79271
1919#76671
1918#71079
1917#69476
1916#71570
1915#73466
1914#85540
1913#73440
1912#85427
1911#1,1909
1910#98111
1909#95110
1908#56620
1907#86610
1906#1,0047
1905#8369
1904#1,2055
1903#9107
1902#1,0136
1901#7279
1900#9029
1899#7149
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1896#7789
1895#9786
1894#1,0745
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1892#9566
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Milburn! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Milburn is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Milburn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
  • Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1905 (#1,205 → #836)
  • Biggest drop: 492 spots in 1938 (#845 → #1,337)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1908 at #566 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1912–1926
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,717
  • Highest: 1 in 7,717 boys born in 1908 were named Milburn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 369,642 boys born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.4% of all boys named Milburn (590) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#971 (1884)#971
1890s35#714 (1899)#900
1900s92#566 (1908)#898
1910s489#694 (1917)#823
1920s590#792 (1920)#889
1930s387#845 (1937)#1,066
1940s282#1,140 (1943)#1,316
1950s171#1,547 (1957)#1,965
1960s120#2,115 (1963)#2,460
1970s48#3,152 (1972)#4,344
1980s15#6,250 (1980)#6,345

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Milburn in 1892

boys
#956
6 births · 1 in 20,339 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #956Milburn6
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 20,339 of them was named Milburn, which outranked 24.1% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milburn
  1. #861Wylie7
  2. #861Young7
  3. #861Zeb7
  4. #956Milburn6
  5. #956Ada6
  6. #956Add6
  7. #956Albion6
  8. #1,066Adolf5
  9. #1,066Agnes5
  10. #1,066Alec5

Tied with 109 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892 →