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
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 230 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,198since 1880
Milford over time
Rank among boys' names. Milford has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,137 | 46 | |
| 1961 | — | #933 | 67 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #969 | 61 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,075 | 50 | |
| 1956 | — | #868 | 74 | |
| 1955 | — | #855 | 74 | |
| 1954 | — | #902 | 67 | |
| 1953 | — | #786 | 82 | |
| 1952 | — | #786 | 80 | |
| 1951 | — | #799 | 78 | |
| 1950 | — | #755 | 83 | |
| 1949 | — | #671 | 104 | |
| 1948 | — | #657 | 107 | |
| 1947 | — | #685 | 102 | |
| 1946 | — | #626 | 105 | |
| 1945 | — | #563 | 114 | |
| 1944 | — | #581 | 111 | |
| 1943 | — | #545 | 131 | |
| 1942 | — | #591 | 111 | |
| 1941 | — | #569 | 109 | |
| 1940 | — | #497 | 137 | |
| 1939 | — | #524 | 119 | |
| 1938 | — | #487 | 141 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #491 | 133 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #466 | 148 |
| 1934 | — | #459 | 150 | |
| 1933 | — | #442 | 156 | |
| 1932 | — | #468 | 151 | |
| 1931 | — | #446 | 159 | |
| 1930 | — | #451 | 172 | |
| 1929 | — | #433 | 185 | |
| 1928 | — | #420 | 201 | |
| 1927 | — | #435 | 194 | |
| 1926 | — | #415 | 212 | |
| 1925 | — | #391 | 234 | |
| 1924 | — | #399 | 233 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #399 | 223 |
| 1922 | — | #401 | 227 | |
| 1921 | — | #397 | 234 | |
| 1920 | — | #391 | 229 | |
| 1919 | — | #407 | 205 | |
| 1918 | — | #405 | 214 | |
| 1917 | — | #368 | 230 | |
| 1916 | — | #396 | 196 | |
| 1915 | — | #385 | 195 | |
| 1914 | — | #417 | 131 | |
| 1913 | — | #370 | 128 | |
| 1912 | — | #386 | 99 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #480 | 33 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | — | #439 | 28 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #507 | 18 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #462 | 19 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#193 · 1 in 1,279
- Missouri#195 · 1 in 1,468
- Wisconsin#240 · 1 in 2,403
- Minnesota#252 · 1 in 2,449
- Michigan#259 · 1 in 2,730
Best ever in a state: #126 in Maine, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #193 | 5 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Missouri | #195 | 20 | 1 in 1,468 |
| Wisconsin | #240 | 10 | 1 in 2,403 |
| Minnesota | #252 | 9 | 1 in 2,449 |
| Michigan | #259 | 13 | 1 in 2,730 |
| Nebraska | #261 | 5 | 1 in 2,465 |
| Iowa | #268 | 8 | 1 in 2,725 |
| Ohio | #273 | 15 | 1 in 3,475 |
| Kansas | #286 | 6 | 1 in 2,729 |
| New York | #286 | 23 | 1 in 4,023 |
| Illinois | #303 | 14 | 1 in 4,011 |
| West Virginia | #307 | 6 | 1 in 2,805 |
| Pennsylvania | #358 | 13 | 1 in 6,852 |
| Arkansas | #369 | 6 | 1 in 2,979 |
| Kentucky | #376 | 7 | 1 in 3,760 |
| Oklahoma | #378 | 6 | 1 in 3,830 |
| Virginia | #402 | 5 | 1 in 4,922 |
| Alabama | #404 | 7 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Texas | #438 | 14 | 1 in 3,738 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Milford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1892 (#963 → #458)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1891 (#566 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #368 (230 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1956
- 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
- 26.5% of all boys named Milford (2,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #451 (1886) | #656 |
| 1890s | 133 | #458 (1892) | #590 |
| 1900s | 226 | #368 (1904) | #493 |
| 1910s | 1,487 | #368 (1917) | #399 |
| 1920s | 2,172 | #391 (1925) | #408 |
| 1930s | 1,472 | #442 (1933) | #471 |
| 1940s | 1,131 | #497 (1940) | #599 |
| 1950s | 701 | #755 (1950) | #886 |
| 1960s | 415 | #933 (1961) | #1,230 |
| 1970s | 211 | #1,615 (1970) | #2,197 |
| 1980s | 110 | #2,729 (1980) | #4,178 |
| 1990s | 35 | #4,564 (1992) | #6,070 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,112 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 4,707 of them was named Milford, which outranked 92.0% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.