Milly
#1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,347since 1884
Milly over time
Rank among girls' names. Milly has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,777 | 113 |
| 2024 | #1,796 | 112 |
| 2023 | #1,826 | 110 |
| 2022 | #1,775 | 116 |
| 2021 | #1,730 | 119 |
| 2020 | #1,872 | 103 |
| 2019 | #1,919 | 103 |
| 2018 | #1,869 | 108 |
| 2017 | #1,943 | 103 |
| 2016 | #1,828 | 113 |
| 2015 | #2,152 | 88 |
| 2014 | #1,652 | 129 |
| 2013 | #1,866 | 108 |
| 2012 | #2,028 | 95 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 |
| 2010 | #2,077 | 95 |
| 2009 | #2,446 | 78 |
| 2008 | #1,844 | 116 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,895 | 21 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Milly! It came in at #686, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Milly is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#527 · 1 in 2,303
- Massachusetts#874 · 1 in 4,904
- North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 7,580
- Georgia#1,334 · 1 in 7,633
- California#1,593 · 1 in 11,585
Best ever in a state: #513 in Nevada, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #527 | 7 | 1 in 2,303 |
| Massachusetts | #874 | 5 | 1 in 4,904 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 6 | 1 in 7,580 |
| Georgia | #1,334 | 6 | 1 in 7,633 |
| California | #1,593 | 15 | 1 in 11,585 |
| Florida | #1,689 | 7 | 1 in 12,305 |
| Texas | #1,825 | 12 | 1 in 13,564 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Milly
- 19 spots since 2024 (#1,796 → #1,777)
- 95 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #1,777)
- 375 spots since 2015 (#2,152 → #1,777)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #686 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
- Highest: 1 in 12,902 girls born in 1884 were named Milly (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,224 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Milly (1,024) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #686 (1884) | #897 |
| 1890s | 32 | #1,277 (1893) | #1,418 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,679 (1901) | #1,944 |
| 1910s | 114 | #1,620 (1912) | #2,266 |
| 1920s | 177 | #1,811 (1924) | #2,144 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,686 (1931) | #2,383 |
| 1940s | 116 | #2,149 (1945) | #2,907 |
| 1950s | 123 | #2,760 (1959) | #3,361 |
| 1960s | 132 | #2,424 (1963) | #3,904 |
| 1970s | 79 | #4,091 (1972) | #5,855 |
| 1980s | 86 | #5,077 (1985) | #7,212 |
| 1990s | 118 | #4,870 (1999) | #7,700 |
| 2000s | 514 | #1,844 (2008) | #3,339 |
| 2010s | 1,024 | #1,652 (2014) | #1,961 |
| 2020s | 673 | #1,730 (2021) | #1,796 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Milly in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 14,139 of them was named Milly, which outranked 90.0% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,763Maura117
- #1,763Nirvana117
- #1,763Tania117
- #1,775Milly116
- #1,775Agatha116
- #1,775Coral116
- #1,775Kamiya116
- #1,782Amaira115
- #1,782Aoife115
- #1,782Blakelyn115
Tied with 6 names at #1,775; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.