Milburn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Milburn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,234 babies named Milburn between 1884 and 1985, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Milburn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Milburn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 590 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Milburn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 197 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Milburn in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Milburn 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 2,234 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.