Milly

#1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births

Peak · girls
1884 · 10 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,347
since 1884

Milly over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Milly has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #686, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,777113
2024#1,796112
2023#1,826110
2022#1,775116
2021#1,730119
2020#1,872103
2019#1,919103
2018#1,869108
2017#1,943103
2016#1,828113
2015#2,15288
2014#1,652129
2013#1,866108
2012#2,02895
2011#2,27482
2010#2,07795
2009#2,44678
2008#1,844116
2007#3,53146
2006#3,13653
2005#3,73039
2004#3,63140
2003#3,08548
2002#3,97832
2001#4,02531
2000#3,98331
1999#4,87022
1998#8,58410
1997#12,0706
1996#7,57411
1995#7,04112
1994#7,60411
1993#8,05210
1992#7,06712
1991#6,25314
1990#7,88010
1989#9,6817
1988#7,6919
1987#5,31214
1986
1985#5,07714
1984#6,8109
1983#6,7059
1982#10,5175
1981#6,32310
1980#6,7899
1979#7,3138
1978
1977#6,8928
1976#4,90512
1975#4,59313
1974
1973#4,58612
1972#4,09114
1971#7,3886
1970#7,0706
1969#5,0579
1968#5,1478
1967#4,30010
1966#4,8668
1965#3,95211
1964#3,51514
1963#2,42425
1962#3,43814
1961#3,60813
1960#2,72920
1959#2,76018
1958#3,23214
1957#3,48912
1956#3,49312
1955#2,83916
1954#3,32512
1953#3,9559
1952#3,7969
1951#3,48210
1950#3,23511
1949#2,85013
1948#2,82813
1947#4,0078
1946#2,73913
1945#2,14916
1944#3,6877
1943#3,04010
1942#2,53713
1941#2,27214
1940#2,9639
1939#2,41712
1938#2,44712
1937#1,91417
1936#3,7016
1935#1,91717
1934#2,42412
1933#2,40412
1932#2,49012
1931#1,68621
1930#2,42513
1929#1,95318
1928#2,02318
1927#2,85911
1926#2,35115
1925#1,89121
1924#1,81123
1923#1,89521
1922#2,10918
1921#2,37815
1920#2,17217
1919#1,85520
1918#3,02410
1917#3,3448
1916#2,24614
1915#1,73819
1914#2,26510
1913#2,3318
1912#1,62012
1911#2,4635
1910#1,7738
1909#2,2085
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901#1,6795
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
1897
1896#1,5835
1895
1894
1893#1,2776
1892#1,2786
1891#1,3325
1890#1,3385
1889
1888
1887
1886#1,1085
1885
1884#68610
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Milly! It came in at #686, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Milly
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#1,796#1,777)
  • 95 spots since 2020 (#1,872#1,777)
  • 375 spots since 2015 (#2,152#1,777)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #686 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,902
  • Highest: 1 in 12,902 girls born in 1884 were named Milly (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,224 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 30.6% of all girls named Milly (1,024) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#686 (1884)#897
1890s32#1,277 (1893)#1,418
1900s10#1,679 (1901)#1,944
1910s114#1,620 (1912)#2,266
1920s177#1,811 (1924)#2,144
1930s134#1,686 (1931)#2,383
1940s116#2,149 (1945)#2,907
1950s123#2,760 (1959)#3,361
1960s132#2,424 (1963)#3,904
1970s79#4,091 (1972)#5,855
1980s86#5,077 (1985)#7,212
1990s118#4,870 (1999)#7,700
2000s514#1,844 (2008)#3,339
2010s1,024#1,652 (2014)#1,961
2020s673#1,730 (2021)#1,796

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

Milly in 1884

girls
#686
10 births · 1 in 12,902 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #686Milly10
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 12,902 of them was named Milly, which outranked 41.5% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milly
  1. #640Zada11
  2. #640Zena11
  3. #640Zita11
  4. #686Milly10
  5. #686Aileen10
  6. #686Albertha10
  7. #686Aletha10
  8. #731Adell9
  9. #731Adline9
  10. #731Aggie9

Tied with 44 names at #686; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 686Belva#920#234
  2. 364Anner#920#556
  3. 354Nella#817#463
  4. 337Guadalupe#920#583
  5. 337Nelia#920#583
Fallers
  1. 488Roxy#536#1,024
  2. 463Fredericka#561#1,024
  3. 445Albert#579#1,024
  4. 409Roseanna#615#1,024
  5. 373Delpha#651#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 1884