Milford
Milford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 370th, in 1913, 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1921234 births
- Best rank
- #370first in 1913
- Since 1880
- 8,198people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,198 boys have been named Milford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 234 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 234 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Milford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | |
| 1890s | 133 | |
| 1900s | 226 | |
| 1910s | 1,487 | |
| 1920s | 2,172 | |
| 1930s | 1,472 | |
| 1940s | 1,131 | |
| 1950s | 701 | |
| 1960s | 415 | |
| 1970s | 211 | |
| 1980s | 110 | |
| 1990s | 35 | |
| 2000s | 6 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Milford was the 397th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Milford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Elwoodpeak 1921
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Bufordpeak 1921
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Olenpeak 1922
- Murraypeak 1922
- Miltonpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.