Milford

Last seen for girls in 1935 at #3,742 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1917 · 230 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,198
since 1880

Milford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Milford has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #368, 1917boys
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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——
2024——
2023—#10,8216
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
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2002——
2001——
2000—#9,1126
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994—#7,7706
1993——
1992—#4,56412
1991—#7,2716
1990—#4,67311
1989—#5,6158
1988—#6,4266
1987—#3,95911
1986—#4,8538
1985—#3,21614
1984—#4,9737
1983—#4,1419
1982—#2,97215
1981—#2,89815
1980—#2,72917
1979—#2,66917
1978—#3,61410
1977—#2,36119
1976—#1,87326
1975—#2,06522
1974—#2,19919
1973—#1,78225
1972—#1,87123
1971—#1,91622
1970—#1,61528
1969—#1,52628
1968—#1,18341
1967—#1,34032
1966—#1,51026
1965—#1,16342
1964—#1,26338
1963—#1,16544
1962—#1,13746
1961—#93367
1960—#1,08351
1959—#1,06852
1958—#96961
1957—#1,07550
1956—#86874
1955—#85574
1954—#90267
1953—#78682
1952—#78680
1951—#79978
1950—#75583
1949—#671104
1948—#657107
1947—#685102
1946—#626105
1945—#563114
1944—#581111
1943—#545131
1942—#591111
1941—#569109
1940—#497137
1939—#524119
1938—#487141
1937—#472143
1936—#491133
1935#3,7426#466148
1934—#459150
1933—#442156
1932—#468151
1931—#446159
1930—#451172
1929—#433185
1928—#420201
1927—#435194
1926—#415212
1925—#391234
1924—#399233
1923#3,9717#399223
1922—#401227
1921—#397234
1920—#391229
1919—#407205
1918—#405214
1917—#368230
1916—#396196
1915—#385195
1914—#417131
1913—#370128
1912—#38699
1911—#37256
1910—#48033
1909—#43633
1908—#49925
1907—#43928
1906—#44325
1905—#49121
1904—#36830
1903—#61913
1902—#50718
1901—#63711
1900—#49022
1899—#58312
1898—#63512
1897—#68110
1896—#46219
1895—#52915
1894—#48017
1893—#53813
1892—#45818
1891—#9635
1890—#56612
1889—#7228
1888—#7049
1887—#8196
1886—#45116
1885—#6419
1884—#57011
1883—#55611
1882—#6918
1881—#5959
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Milford was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Milford is popular in 1902

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Milford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1892 (#963 → #458)
  • Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1891 (#566 → #963)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #368 (230 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,004
  • Highest: 1 in 4,004 boys born in 1913 were named Milford (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #368 in 1917, was only 1 in 4,024 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Milford (2,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s93#451 (1886)#656
1890s133#458 (1892)#590
1900s226#368 (1904)#493
1910s1,487#368 (1917)#399
1920s2,172#391 (1925)#408
1930s1,472#442 (1933)#471
1940s1,131#497 (1940)#599
1950s701#755 (1950)#886
1960s415#933 (1961)#1,230
1970s211#1,615 (1970)#2,197
1980s110#2,729 (1980)#4,178
1990s35#4,564 (1992)#6,070
2000s6#9,112 (2000)#9,112
2010s0——
2020s6#10,821 (2023)#10,821

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.

Milford in 1902

boys
#507
18 births · 1 in 6,814 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #507Milford18
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 6,814 of them was named Milford, which outranked 61.6% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Milford
  1. #490Tomas19
  2. #490Walker19
  3. #490Wilburn19
  4. #507Milford18
  5. #507Alvie18
  6. #507Arch18
  7. #507Archibald18
  8. #521Alford17
  9. #521Bernie17
  10. #521Bertram17

Tied with 13 names at #507; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. ↑ 551Judge#1,058 → #507
  2. ↑ 522Ottis#1,058 → #536
  3. ↑ 502Lonzo#1,058 → #556
  4. ↑ 475Eldred#1,058 → #583
  5. ↑ 468Rogers#943 → #475
Fallers
  1. ↓ 541Carmen#596 → #1,137
  2. ↓ 541Alf#596 → #1,137
  3. ↓ 541Orrin#596 → #1,137
  4. ↓ 528Davis#334 → #862
  5. ↓ 500Guadalupe#433 → #933

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

See the top 100 for 1902 →