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
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 1,319 births
- Debut · boys
- 149 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 40 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 117,936since 1880
Milton over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,436 | 125 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,426 | 128 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,420 | 128 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,264 | 153 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,360 | 136 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,271 | 144 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,258 | 149 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,219 | 153 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,138 | 167 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,245 | 149 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,205 | 153 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,093 | 175 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,088 | 171 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,106 | 168 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,136 | 159 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,031 | 188 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,024 | 190 | |
| 2008 | — | #932 | 218 | |
| 2007 | — | #901 | 222 | |
| 2006 | — | #846 | 238 | |
| 2005 | — | #817 | 231 | |
| 2004 | — | #754 | 244 | |
| 2003 | — | #741 | 243 | |
| 2002 | — | #696 | 260 | |
| 2001 | — | #683 | 264 | |
| 2000 | — | #649 | 280 | |
| 1999 | — | #721 | 228 | |
| 1998 | — | #743 | 217 | |
| 1997 | — | #661 | 248 | |
| 1996 | — | #619 | 281 | |
| 1995 | — | #625 | 271 | |
| 1994 | — | #620 | 282 | |
| 1993 | — | #574 | 318 | |
| 1992 | — | #560 | 331 | |
| 1991 | — | #555 | 333 | |
| 1990 | — | #564 | 324 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #514 | 347 |
| 1988 | — | #482 | 365 | |
| 1987 | — | #463 | 364 | |
| 1986 | — | #469 | 341 | |
| 1985 | — | #447 | 366 | |
| 1984 | — | #433 | 374 | |
| 1983 | — | #425 | 372 | |
| 1982 | — | #411 | 410 | |
| 1981 | — | #411 | 402 | |
| 1980 | — | #406 | 402 | |
| 1979 | — | #408 | 375 | |
| 1978 | — | #380 | 415 | |
| 1977 | — | #388 | 412 | |
| 1976 | — | #364 | 441 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #373 | 437 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #362 | 451 |
| 1973 | — | #360 | 455 | |
| 1972 | — | #351 | 485 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #318 | 591 |
| 1970 | — | #310 | 633 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #299 | 652 |
| 1968 | — | #282 | 680 | |
| 1967 | — | #274 | 710 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #263 | 765 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #257 | 825 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #245 | 979 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #242 | 993 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #231 | 1,113 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #239 | 1,104 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #235 | 1,183 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #225 | 1,218 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #204 | 1,325 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #198 | 1,362 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #187 | 1,482 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #185 | 1,430 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #175 | 1,581 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #175 | 1,531 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #169 | 1,576 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #169 | 1,520 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #161 | 1,553 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #160 | 1,559 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #160 | 1,546 |
| 1947 | — | #158 | 1,638 | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #156 | 1,507 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #154 | 1,349 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #146 | 1,457 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #141 | 1,508 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #141 | 1,507 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #140 | 1,385 |
| 1940 | — | #132 | 1,423 | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #128 | 1,372 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #127 | 1,400 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #121 | 1,385 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #119 | 1,441 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #117 | 1,532 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #115 | 1,516 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #113 | 1,486 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #105 | 1,710 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #99 | 1,834 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | #93 | 2,053 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #94 | 2,029 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #92 | 2,170 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #88 | 2,358 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #83 | 2,418 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #80 | 2,567 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #81 | 2,474 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #81 | 2,446 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #74 | 2,556 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #75 | 2,588 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #74 | 2,592 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #73 | 2,448 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | #76 | 2,454 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #75 | 2,394 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #72 | 2,345 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #73 | 2,225 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #69 | 1,834 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #71 | 1,419 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #64 | 1,319 |
| 1911 | — | #70 | 608 | |
| 1910 | — | #76 | 476 | |
| 1909 | — | #81 | 369 | |
| 1908 | — | #79 | 346 | |
| 1907 | — | #89 | 292 | |
| 1906 | — | #78 | 303 | |
| 1905 | — | #80 | 299 | |
| 1904 | — | #93 | 230 | |
| 1903 | — | #92 | 210 | |
| 1902 | — | #95 | 207 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #90 | 197 |
| 1900 | — | #98 | 242 | |
| 1899 | — | #89 | 207 | |
| 1898 | — | #91 | 225 | |
| 1897 | — | #106 | 161 | |
| 1896 | — | #98 | 194 | |
| 1895 | — | #102 | 188 | |
| 1894 | — | #110 | 156 | |
| 1893 | — | #102 | 174 | |
| 1892 | — | #107 | 173 | |
| 1891 | — | #105 | 141 | |
| 1890 | — | #119 | 126 | |
| 1889 | — | #96 | 171 | |
| 1888 | — | #103 | 165 | |
| 1887 | — | #111 | 122 | |
| 1886 | — | #106 | 145 | |
| 1885 | — | #107 | 130 | |
| 1884 | — | #102 | 150 | |
| 1883 | — | #90 | 149 | |
| 1882 | — | #94 | 155 | |
| 1881 | — | #91 | 143 | |
| 1880 | — | #91 | 149 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1912 at #64 (1,319 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 57 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1898–1931
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
- Highest: 1 in 326 boys born in 1912 were named Milton (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,665 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 20.5% of all boys named Milton (24,198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,479 | #90 (1883) | #99 |
| 1890s | 1,745 | #89 (1899) | #103 |
| 1900s | 2,695 | #78 (1906) | #88 |
| 1910s | 17,522 | #64 (1912) | #72 |
| 1920s | 24,198 | #74 (1920) | #82 |
| 1930s | 15,729 | #93 (1930) | #114 |
| 1940s | 14,879 | #132 (1940) | #149 |
| 1950s | 14,578 | #161 (1950) | #185 |
| 1960s | 9,004 | #231 (1962) | #257 |
| 1970s | 4,695 | #310 (1970) | #361 |
| 1980s | 3,743 | #406 (1980) | #446 |
| 1990s | 2,833 | #555 (1991) | #624 |
| 2000s | 2,390 | #649 (2000) | #804 |
| 2010s | 1,632 | #1,031 (2010) | #1,152 |
| 2020s | 814 | #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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 202,194 of them was named Milton, which outranked 42.9% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,920Zetta11
- #3,920Zettie11
- #3,920Zonia11
- #4,184Milton10
- #4,184Adair10
- #4,184Adaline10
- #4,184Adena10
- #4,437Aide9
- #4,437Aldora9
- #4,437Alease9
Tied with 252 names at #4,184; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,802 of them was named Milton, which outranked 94.9% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.