Meaning not yet researched.
Miller: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 864 in 2025. Its best rank was #369 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 62% of babies named Miller in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#369 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Miller: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 864 boys in 2025. Peak: #369 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 864 (2025).
In 2025, 864 US boys were named Miller, making it the 369th most common boys’ name of the year, up 69 places from #438 in 2024. That is 141 more than the 723 boys named Miller in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #369, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 864. For comparison, it was #829 in 2015 and #1,249 in 1950.
In 2025, 528 US girls were named Miller, making it the 571st most common girls’ name of the year, up 188 places from #759 in 2024. That is 156 more than the 372 girls named Miller in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #571, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 528. For comparison, it was #2,544 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Miller in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 13,935 US babies have been given the name, 20% of them girls and 80% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 5,170 babies named Miller.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,536 US boys were named Miller; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 864. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,977 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Miller ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #183 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Meller, Myler and Millar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Meller (5), Myler (5), Millar (5).
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 Miller in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 32 | #183 | #309 |
| Louisiana | 28 | #187 | #487 |
| Arkansas | 17 | #216 | #387 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #217 | — |
| North Carolina | 52 | #241 | #647 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #242 | — |
| Kentucky | 23 | #243 | — |
| Georgia | 51 | #244 | #583 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #245 | — |
| Missouri | 29 | #250 | — |
| Tennessee | 36 | #252 | #324 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #260 | — |
| Indiana | 32 | #263 | #988 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #277 | — |
| Utah | 18 | #282 | — |
| South Carolina | 20 | #284 | #391 |
| Kansas | 13 | #288 | — |
| Iowa | 12 | #324 | — |
| Minnesota | 17 | #352 | — |
| Washington | 21 | #360 | #906 |
| Idaho | 7 | #362 | — |
| Texas | 98 | #379 | #832 |
| Oregon | 10 | #391 | — |
| Virginia | 20 | #403 | — |
| Michigan | 21 | #416 | #1,058 |
| Colorado | 13 | #456 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #468 | — |
| Maryland | 10 | #498 | — |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #498 | — |
| Florida | 36 | #504 | #795 |
| Illinois | 19 | #525 | #1,480 |
| Ohio | 20 | #531 | #890 |
| Arizona | 13 | #550 | #764 |
| California | 45 | #633 | #1,512 |
| New York | 23 | #651 | #1,758 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #734 | #1,005 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 528 | #571 | 864 | #369 |
| 2024 | 372 | #759 | 723 | #438 |
| 2023 | 305 | #881 | 559 | #528 |
| 2022 | 212 | #1,147 | 468 | #603 |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,344 | 469 | #595 |
| 2020 | 140 | #1,523 | 365 | #699 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,945 | 311 | #765 |
| 2018 | 98 | #2,005 | 253 | #867 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,251 | 260 | #849 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,358 | 264 | #853 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,544 | 272 | #829 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,101 | 249 | #874 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,998 | 213 | #939 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,350 | 180 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,984 | 217 | #925 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,372 | 188 | #1,033 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,954 | 179 | #1,058 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,915 | 181 | #1,053 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,311 | 166 | #1,101 |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,065 | 153 | #1,130 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,788 | 112 | #1,350 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,903 | 89 | #1,512 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,102 | 88 | #1,486 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,274 | 76 | #1,603 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,729 | 69 | #1,694 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,443 | 83 | #1,482 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,740 | 77 | #1,485 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,844 | 67 | #1,581 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,554 | 63 | #1,621 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,623 | 63 | #1,582 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,191 | 45 | #1,905 |
| 1994 | — | — | 48 | #1,813 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,602 | 44 | #1,886 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,516 | 33 | #2,287 |
| 1991 | — | — | 40 | #1,941 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,438 | 31 | #2,295 |
| 1989 | — | — | 25 | #2,586 |
| 1988 | — | — | 22 | #2,662 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,767 | 16 | #3,159 |
| 1986 | — | — | 17 | #2,968 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,567 |
| 1984 | — | — | 21 | #2,412 |
| 1983 | — | — | 24 | #2,186 |
| 1982 | — | — | 25 | #2,149 |
| 1981 | — | — | 25 | #2,124 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,053 |
| 1979 | — | — | 18 | #2,647 |
| 1978 | — | — | 17 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | — | — | 20 | #2,328 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,973 |
| 1975 | — | — | 20 | #2,263 |
| 1974 | — | — | 30 | #1,644 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,858 |
| 1972 | — | — | 23 | #1,907 |
| 1971 | — | — | 31 | #1,586 |
| 1970 | — | — | 25 | #1,778 |
| 1969 | — | — | 23 | #1,755 |
| 1968 | — | — | 22 | #1,719 |
| 1967 | — | — | 23 | #1,634 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,392 |
| 1965 | — | — | 32 | #1,372 |
| 1964 | — | — | 22 | #1,721 |
| 1963 | — | — | 32 | #1,395 |
| 1962 | — | — | 30 | #1,449 |
| 1961 | — | — | 29 | #1,510 |
| 1960 | — | — | 25 | #1,650 |
| 1959 | — | — | 43 | #1,189 |
| 1958 | — | — | 40 | #1,230 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1956 | — | — | 29 | #1,473 |
| 1955 | — | — | 51 | #1,058 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,162 |
| 1953 | — | — | 38 | #1,226 |
| 1952 | — | — | 44 | #1,105 |
| 1951 | — | — | 46 | #1,061 |
| 1950 | — | — | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,073 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1948 | — | — | 35 | #1,228 |
| 1947 | — | — | 49 | #1,034 |
| 1946 | — | — | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1944 | — | — | 36 | #1,118 |
| 1943 | — | — | 48 | #976 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,142 | 34 | #1,209 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,285 | 35 | #1,122 |
| 1940 | — | — | 45 | #964 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,676 | 37 | #1,064 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,371 | 60 | #804 |
| 1937 | — | — | 47 | #918 |
| 1936 | — | — | 40 | #1,004 |
| 1935 | — | — | 43 | #978 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,770 | 52 | #874 |
| 1933 | — | — | 59 | #807 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,260 | 42 | #1,032 |
| 1931 | — | — | 62 | #799 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,038 | 63 | #821 |
| 1929 | — | — | 52 | #937 |
| 1928 | — | — | 52 | #944 |
| 1927 | — | — | 60 | #879 |
| 1926 | — | — | 63 | #838 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,786 | 81 | #721 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,632 | 82 | #735 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,476 | 82 | #724 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,541 | 84 | #716 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,650 | 86 | #703 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,783 | 84 | #709 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,702 | 76 | #734 |
| 1918 | — | — | 62 | #836 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,440 | 61 | #817 |
| 1916 | — | — | 54 | #863 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,091 | 68 | #723 |
| 1914 | — | — | 70 | #604 |
| 1913 | — | — | 46 | #664 |
| 1912 | — | — | 41 | #662 |
| 1911 | — | — | 27 | #594 |
| 1910 | — | — | 21 | #648 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #743 |
| 1908 | — | — | 19 | #607 |
| 1907 | — | — | 17 | #626 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #669 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #894 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #712 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #565 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #674 |
| 1901 | — | — | 12 | #627 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #691 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #646 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #960 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #669 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #810 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #731 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #768 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #599 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #734 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #818 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #590 |
| 1889 | — | — | 17 | #454 |
| 1888 | — | — | 12 | #596 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #890 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #565 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #743 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #776 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #463 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #552 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #787 |
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).