Meaning not yet researched.
Milford: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #370 in 1917.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #370 in 1917. No US babies were recorded with the name Milford in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #370 in 1917.
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Milford: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #370 in 1917 · most boys in one year: 234 (1925).
Fewer than five US boys were named Milford in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #370, reached in 1917. The most boys given the name in a single year was 234, in 1925. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #756 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Milford in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 8,211 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,179 babies named Milford.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6 US boys were named Milford; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 6.
Rarer spellings such as Melford and Milferd are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Melford (1,175), Milferd (104).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Milford in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,789 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #9,904 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,447 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,768 |
| 1991 | — | — | 6 | #7,919 |
| 1990 | — | — | 11 | #4,890 |
| 1989 | — | — | 8 | #6,032 |
| 1988 | — | — | 6 | #6,980 |
| 1987 | — | — | 11 | #4,150 |
| 1986 | — | — | 8 | #5,173 |
| 1985 | — | — | 14 | #3,332 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,372 |
| 1983 | — | — | 9 | #4,374 |
| 1982 | — | — | 15 | #3,057 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #2,988 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,805 |
| 1979 | — | — | 17 | #2,736 |
| 1978 | — | — | 10 | #3,764 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,429 |
| 1976 | — | — | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1975 | — | — | 22 | #2,107 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,251 |
| 1973 | — | — | 25 | #1,806 |
| 1972 | — | — | 23 | #1,906 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,967 |
| 1970 | — | — | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1969 | — | — | 28 | #1,551 |
| 1968 | — | — | 41 | #1,201 |
| 1967 | — | — | 32 | #1,357 |
| 1966 | — | — | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1965 | — | — | 42 | #1,180 |
| 1964 | — | — | 38 | #1,277 |
| 1963 | — | — | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1962 | — | — | 46 | #1,141 |
| 1961 | — | — | 67 | #935 |
| 1960 | — | — | 51 | #1,091 |
| 1959 | — | — | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1958 | — | — | 61 | #976 |
| 1957 | — | — | 50 | #1,083 |
| 1956 | — | — | 74 | #871 |
| 1955 | — | — | 74 | #860 |
| 1954 | — | — | 67 | #905 |
| 1953 | — | — | 82 | #793 |
| 1952 | — | — | 80 | #789 |
| 1951 | — | — | 78 | #800 |
| 1950 | — | — | 83 | #756 |
| 1949 | — | — | 104 | #673 |
| 1948 | — | — | 107 | #657 |
| 1947 | — | — | 102 | #686 |
| 1946 | — | — | 105 | #628 |
| 1945 | — | — | 114 | #565 |
| 1944 | — | — | 111 | #583 |
| 1943 | — | — | 131 | #548 |
| 1942 | — | — | 111 | #597 |
| 1941 | — | — | 109 | #570 |
| 1940 | — | — | 137 | #498 |
| 1939 | — | — | 119 | #527 |
| 1938 | — | — | 141 | #490 |
| 1937 | — | — | 143 | #475 |
| 1936 | — | — | 133 | #493 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,083 | 148 | #468 |
| 1934 | — | — | 150 | #459 |
| 1933 | — | — | 156 | #444 |
| 1932 | — | — | 151 | #468 |
| 1931 | — | — | 159 | #446 |
| 1930 | — | — | 172 | #454 |
| 1929 | — | — | 185 | #435 |
| 1928 | — | — | 201 | #421 |
| 1927 | — | — | 194 | #436 |
| 1926 | — | — | 212 | #416 |
| 1925 | — | — | 234 | #391 |
| 1924 | — | — | 233 | #400 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,245 | 223 | #400 |
| 1922 | — | — | 227 | #401 |
| 1921 | — | — | 234 | #397 |
| 1920 | — | — | 229 | #392 |
| 1919 | — | — | 205 | #408 |
| 1918 | — | — | 214 | #405 |
| 1917 | — | — | 230 | #370 |
| 1916 | — | — | 196 | #397 |
| 1915 | — | — | 195 | #386 |
| 1914 | — | — | 131 | #420 |
| 1913 | — | — | 128 | #370 |
| 1912 | — | — | 99 | #386 |
| 1911 | — | — | 56 | #377 |
| 1910 | — | — | 33 | #490 |
| 1909 | — | — | 33 | #444 |
| 1908 | — | — | 25 | #509 |
| 1907 | — | — | 28 | #441 |
| 1906 | — | — | 25 | #451 |
| 1905 | — | — | 21 | #502 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #375 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #643 |
| 1902 | — | — | 18 | #518 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #666 |
| 1900 | — | — | 22 | #504 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #603 |
| 1898 | — | — | 12 | #652 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #708 |
| 1896 | — | — | 19 | #475 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #547 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #493 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #561 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #473 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,070 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #589 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #766 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #739 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #889 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #464 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #679 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #580 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #737 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #633 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #879 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).