Milford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Milford

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,198 babies named Milford between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Milford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 234 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Milford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Milford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 418 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Milford in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Milford 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 8,198 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.