Milton

Where Milton comes from

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Milton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #91 among boys — 149 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1912
    Milton Friedman born
    American economist and statistician
  3. 1912
    Peak, #64
    1,319 babies named Milton — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1925
    Milton Obote born
    President of Uganda (1966–1971; 1980–1985)
  5. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #299.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Milton Friedman · American economist and statistician, 1912–2006
  • Milton Obote · President of Uganda (1966–1971; 1980–1985), 1925–2005
  • Milton Berle · American comedian and actor, 1908–2002
  • Milton H. Erickson · American psychiatrist, 1901–1980
  • Milton Babbitt · American composer, 1916–2011

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.