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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #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
1984
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1981#6,2625
1980#6,2505
1979
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1977#5,1236
1976
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
1898
1897
1896#7789
1895#9786
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#9566
1891
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1885
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.

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 1919

boys
#766
71 births · 1 in 13,805 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #766Milburn71
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 13,805 of them was named Milburn, which outranked 84.1% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milburn
  1. #760Evert72
  2. #760Santo72
  3. #760Tillman72
  4. #766Milburn71
  5. #766Bertrand71
  6. #766Ewell71
  7. #766Gilberto71
  8. #774Andres70
  9. #774Angel70
  10. #774Brady70

Tied with 7 names at #766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919