Millard

Where Millard comes from

The dictionaries list Millard as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1800
    Millard Fillmore born
    president of the United States from 1850 to 1853
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #213 among boys — 56 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #185
    67 babies named Millard — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1903
    Millard Mitchell born
    American actor
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,794.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Millard Fillmore · president of the United States from 1850 to 1853, 1800–1874
  • Millard Mitchell · American actor, 1903–1953
  • Millard Hampton · Athletics competitor, sprinter, born 1956
  • Millard Tydings · American politician, 1890–1961
  • Millard Harmon · United States Army general, 1888–1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.