Milton

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #9,681 · #1,436 for boys in 2025, 125 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#64
1912 · 1,319 births
Debut · boys
1880
149 births
In top 100 · boys
40 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
117,936
since 1880

Milton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #64, 1912boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,436125
2024—#1,426128
2023—#1,420128
2022—#1,264153
2021—#1,360136
2020—#1,271144
2019—#1,258149
2018—#1,219153
2017—#1,138167
2016—#1,245149
2015—#1,205153
2014—#1,093175
2013—#1,088171
2012—#1,106168
2011—#1,136159
2010—#1,031188
2009—#1,024190
2008—#932218
2007—#901222
2006—#846238
2005—#817231
2004—#754244
2003—#741243
2002—#696260
2001—#683264
2000—#649280
1999—#721228
1998—#743217
1997—#661248
1996—#619281
1995—#625271
1994—#620282
1993—#574318
1992—#560331
1991—#555333
1990—#564324
1989#9,6817#514347
1988—#482365
1987—#463364
1986—#469341
1985—#447366
1984—#433374
1983—#425372
1982—#411410
1981—#411402
1980—#406402
1979—#408375
1978—#380415
1977—#388412
1976—#364441
1975#9,0675#373437
1974#6,9007#362451
1973—#360455
1972—#351485
1971#6,6197#318591
1970—#310633
1969#6,6176#299652
1968—#282680
1967—#274710
1966#5,2737#263765
1965#4,8318#257825
1964#4,6369#245979
1963#4,8968#242993
1962#5,8606#2311,113
1961#4,8828#2391,104
1960#4,18410#2351,183
1959#3,82711#2251,218
1958#3,92510#2041,325
1957#3,69611#1981,362
1956#3,32113#1871,482
1955#3,57111#1851,430
1954#4,6557#1751,581
1953#4,2268#1751,531
1952#3,20112#1691,576
1951#3,7149#1691,520
1950#4,3157#1611,553
1949#4,6736#1601,559
1948#4,2057#1601,546
1947—#1581,638
1946#3,4309#1561,507
1945#4,0256#1541,349
1944#3,1399#1461,457
1943#2,86111#1411,508
1942#4,6225#1411,507
1941#4,4205#1401,385
1940—#1321,423
1939#2,9229#1281,372
1938#2,22514#1271,400
1937#3,1468#1211,385
1936#3,3767#1191,441
1935#2,73110#1171,532
1934#3,8026#1151,516
1933#3,4067#1131,486
1932#2,83110#1051,710
1931#2,10515#991,834
1930#2,02317#932,053
1929#2,01117#942,029
1928#1,96119#922,170
1927#1,88521#882,358
1926#2,16517#832,418
1925#2,37815#802,567
1924#2,06219#812,474
1923#2,36615#812,446
1922#2,61213#742,556
1921#2,76212#752,588
1920#2,89911#742,592
1919#2,26415#732,448
1918#1,80521#762,454
1917#2,42813#752,394
1916#1,86718#722,345
1915#2,52611#732,225
1914#2,26510#691,834
1913#2,1649#711,419
1912#2,6346#641,319
1911—#70608
1910—#76476
1909—#81369
1908—#79346
1907—#89292
1906—#78303
1905—#80299
1904—#93230
1903—#92210
1902—#95207
1901#1,6795#90197
1900—#98242
1899—#89207
1898—#91225
1897—#106161
1896—#98194
1895—#102188
1894—#110156
1893—#102174
1892—#107173
1891—#105141
1890—#119126
1889—#96171
1888—#103165
1887—#111122
1886—#106145
1885—#107130
1884—#102150
1883—#90149
1882—#94155
1881—#91143
1880—#91149
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Milton was already there! It came in at #91, and was given to 149 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1894, when fewer than 180 boys a year got the name.

See more about Milton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,426 → #1,436)
  • 165 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #1,436)
  • 231 spots since 2015 (#1,205 → #1,436)
  • Biggest jump: 72 spots in 2000 (#721 → #649)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2009 (#932 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1912 at #64 (1,319 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1898–1931
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 326
  • Highest: 1 in 326 boys born in 1912 were named Milton (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,665 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Milton (24,198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,479#90 (1883)#99
1890s1,745#89 (1899)#103
1900s2,695#78 (1906)#88
1910s17,522#64 (1912)#72
1920s24,198#74 (1920)#82
1930s15,729#93 (1930)#114
1940s14,879#132 (1940)#149
1950s14,578#161 (1950)#185
1960s9,004#231 (1962)#257
1970s4,695#310 (1970)#361
1980s3,743#406 (1980)#446
1990s2,833#555 (1991)#624
2000s2,390#649 (2000)#804
2010s1,632#1,031 (2010)#1,152
2020s814#1,264 (2022)#1,363

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.

Milton in 1887

boys
#111
122 births · 1 in 831 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #111Milton122
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 831 of them was named Milton, which outranked 89.6% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milton
  1. #108Lloyd127
  2. #109Jess124
  3. #110Percy123
  4. #111Milton122
  5. #111Calvin122
  6. #113Norman119
  7. #113Rufus119
  8. #113Victor119

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →