Milton
Milton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 128 births. Its best rank was 64th, in 1912.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1280.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19202,592 births
- Best rank
- #64in 1912
- Since 1880
- 117,807people given the name
The story in the numbers
117,807 boys have been named Milton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 2,592 births — 0.24% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 128 births in 2024, against 2,592 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 129 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 40 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Milton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,479 | |
| 1890s | 1,745 | |
| 1900s | 2,695 | |
| 1910s | 17,522 | |
| 1920s | 24,198 | |
| 1930s | 15,729 | |
| 1940s | 14,879 | |
| 1950s | 14,580 | |
| 1960s | 9,002 | |
| 1970s | 4,695 | |
| 1980s | 3,743 | |
| 1990s | 2,832 | |
| 2000s | 2,390 | |
| 2010s | 1,632 | |
| 2020s | 686 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Milton was the 74th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Milton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Francispeak 1918
- Edmundpeak 1923
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Howardpeak 1921
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Morrispeak 1918
- Virgilpeak 1921
- Murraypeak 1922
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.