Milford
Last seen for girls in 1935 at #3,742 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 230 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,198since 1880
Milford over time
Rank among boys' names. Milford has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,137 | 46 | |
| 1961 | — | #933 | 67 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #969 | 61 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,075 | 50 | |
| 1956 | — | #868 | 74 | |
| 1955 | — | #855 | 74 | |
| 1954 | — | #902 | 67 | |
| 1953 | — | #786 | 82 | |
| 1952 | — | #786 | 80 | |
| 1951 | — | #799 | 78 | |
| 1950 | — | #755 | 83 | |
| 1949 | — | #671 | 104 | |
| 1948 | — | #657 | 107 | |
| 1947 | — | #685 | 102 | |
| 1946 | — | #626 | 105 | |
| 1945 | — | #563 | 114 | |
| 1944 | — | #581 | 111 | |
| 1943 | — | #545 | 131 | |
| 1942 | — | #591 | 111 | |
| 1941 | — | #569 | 109 | |
| 1940 | — | #497 | 137 | |
| 1939 | — | #524 | 119 | |
| 1938 | — | #487 | 141 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #491 | 133 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #466 | 148 |
| 1934 | — | #459 | 150 | |
| 1933 | — | #442 | 156 | |
| 1932 | — | #468 | 151 | |
| 1931 | — | #446 | 159 | |
| 1930 | — | #451 | 172 | |
| 1929 | — | #433 | 185 | |
| 1928 | — | #420 | 201 | |
| 1927 | — | #435 | 194 | |
| 1926 | — | #415 | 212 | |
| 1925 | — | #391 | 234 | |
| 1924 | — | #399 | 233 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #399 | 223 |
| 1922 | — | #401 | 227 | |
| 1921 | — | #397 | 234 | |
| 1920 | — | #391 | 229 | |
| 1919 | — | #407 | 205 | |
| 1918 | — | #405 | 214 | |
| 1917 | — | #368 | 230 | |
| 1916 | — | #396 | 196 | |
| 1915 | — | #385 | 195 | |
| 1914 | — | #417 | 131 | |
| 1913 | — | #370 | 128 | |
| 1912 | — | #386 | 99 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #480 | 33 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | — | #439 | 28 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #507 | 18 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Milford was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Milford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1892 (#963 → #458)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1891 (#566 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #368 (230 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 4,004 boys born in 1913 were named Milford (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #368 in 1917, was only 1 in 4,024 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.5% of all boys named Milford (2,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #451 (1886) | #656 |
| 1890s | 133 | #458 (1892) | #590 |
| 1900s | 226 | #368 (1904) | #493 |
| 1910s | 1,487 | #368 (1917) | #399 |
| 1920s | 2,172 | #391 (1925) | #408 |
| 1930s | 1,472 | #442 (1933) | #471 |
| 1940s | 1,131 | #497 (1940) | #599 |
| 1950s | 701 | #755 (1950) | #886 |
| 1960s | 415 | #933 (1961) | #1,230 |
| 1970s | 211 | #1,615 (1970) | #2,197 |
| 1980s | 110 | #2,729 (1980) | #4,178 |
| 1990s | 35 | #4,564 (1992) | #6,070 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,112 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
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.
Milford in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 172,338 of them was named Milford, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,641Zara8
- #3,641Zoila8
- #3,641Zulema8
- #3,971Milford7
- #3,971Adam7
- #3,971Adelaine7
- #3,971Adgie7
- #4,376Aberdeen6
- #4,376Acie6
- #4,376Adalyn6
Tied with 404 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 4,915 of them was named Milford, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).