Mills

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Peak · boys
#691
1882 · 8 births
Debut · boys
1882
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
919
since 1882

Mills over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #691, 1882girlsat peakboys
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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#7,13315#2,76546
2024#7,25115#2,91543
2023#6,16919#3,41634
2022#5,79321#4,30324
2021#13,4646#3,24236
2020#13,4536#3,65329
2019#11,3568#4,33723
2018#9,15111#3,60730
2017#15,9025#4,22424
2016—#4,47022
2015#10,8669#5,74615
2014#14,5586#7,56210
2013#16,5475#5,92314
2012—#4,68620
2011—#9,6007
2010—#8,8038
2009—#7,69210
2008—#8,3249
2007—#8,9158
2006—#7,42710
2005—#11,4725
2004—#8,1438
2003—#10,8945
2002—#7,0559
2001—#6,9359
2000—#5,04014
1999—#7,8747
1998—#8,4796
1997—#6,6188
1996—#6,4968
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1992—#8,4355
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1989—#5,6158
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1986—#6,7215
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1982—#3,69211
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1969—#4,4045
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1959—#3,0378
1958—#3,9445
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1954—#3,8275
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1952—#2,8758
1951—#3,7145
1950—#2,7708
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1948—#3,0107
1947—#3,3706
1946—#2,9197
1945—#2,5748
1944—#2,4679
1943—#2,40510
1942—#3,5605
1941—#2,8727
1940—#2,8717
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1938—#2,8687
1937—#1,91314
1936—#2,4529
1935—#2,39610
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1933—#2,7388
1932—#3,0927
1931—#3,7635
1930—#4,0015
1929—#2,09614
1928—#2,52211
1927—#3,4517
1926—#3,7086
1925—#2,43512
1924—#2,47312
1923—#3,1758
1922—#2,24014
1921—#4,3225
1920—#2,23114
1919—#2,66510
1918—#2,54311
1917—#2,42311
1916—#2,15213
1915—#3,0827
1914—#1,97511
1913—#1,67611
1912—#2,2696
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1886—#8456
1885—#8366
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1882—#6918
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Mills! It came in at #691, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Mills is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #743 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,240 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedMSAlabama: #685 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,586 boysALGeorgia: #1,350 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,044 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedHITexas: #1,908 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,881 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Mills, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#685 · 1 in 3,586
  2. South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
  3. Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044
  4. Texas#1,908 · 1 in 21,881

Best ever in a state: #626 in South Carolina, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#68561 in 3,586
South Carolina#74351 in 4,240
Georgia#1,35051 in 10,044
Texas#1,90881 in 21,881
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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.

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See more about Mills
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 888 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #2,765)
  • Biggest drop: 9 spots in 1886
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #691 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1885–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,211
  • Highest: 1 in 14,211 boys born in 1882 were named Mills (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 23.1% of all boys named Mills (212) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#691 (1882)#791
1890s5#1,101 (1896)#1,101
1900s6#1,162 (1900)#1,162
1910s80#1,676 (1913)#2,348
1920s103#2,096 (1929)#2,865
1930s65#1,913 (1937)#2,903
1940s66#2,405 (1943)#2,894
1950s39#2,770 (1950)#3,361
1960s5#4,404 (1969)#4,404
1970s0——
1980s24#3,692 (1982)#5,343
1990s34#6,496 (1996)#7,580
2000s87#5,040 (2000)#8,190
2010s173#3,607 (2018)#5,896
2020s212#2,765 (2025)#3,382

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.

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