Milagros — #1268 US girls' name
10,333 babies named Milagros in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Milagros was born in this single decade.
409 babies were named Milagros in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Milagros
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,333 babies named Milagros between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Milagros currently holds the #1268 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 409 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Milagros performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,984 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Milagros shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,949 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Milagros in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Milagros in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Milagros at a glance
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Current rank
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Milagros popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1933
- Peak year (2008)
- 409
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
Currently ranks #1268 among girls.
10,333 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 409 births in a single year.
Milagros popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1962 (Milagros as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Milagros accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Milagros by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,984 births that decade — 19% of Milagros's all-time total
Milagros decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,984 births
- Runner-up 1,777 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Milagros's strongest decade
1,984 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Milagros by state
Where Milagros concentrates geographically — total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,949 | 38.2% |
| #2 | California | | 1,325 | 12.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,021 | 9.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 585 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 571 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 377 | 3.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 123 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 98 | 0.9% |
3,949 of 10,333 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 38.2% of nationwide
- California 12.8% of nationwide
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.7% of nationwide
- Florida 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 38.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Milagros appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1933–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.