Recorded 1880–2022 Boys' name Peak 1922 16,733 births

Millard — boys' name

16,733 babies named Millard in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1920s
Peak decade

24% of everyone ever named Millard was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

478 babies were named Millard in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Millard

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,733 babies named Millard between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Millard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 478 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Millard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,964 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Millard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 1,143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Millard in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Millard 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 16,733 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.

Millard at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

16,733

Since 1880

143 years of records

Peak year

1922

478 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1880

Recorded for 143 years

Last year on file: 2022

Millard popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1880

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1922)
478
Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
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Millard popularity over time — girls

33 total births recorded since 1917 (Millard as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 33 births
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Millard by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
3,964 births that decade — 24% of Millard's all-time total
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Millard by state

Where Millard concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Millard
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Kentucky
1,143 6.8%
#2 North Carolina
1,024 6.1%
#3 Alabama
722 4.3%
#4 Tennessee
720 4.3%
#5 Pennsylvania
709 4.2%
#6 Georgia
699 4.2%
#7 Texas
673 4.0%
#8 Virginia
573 3.4%
Kentucky share of Millard's total US births 6.8%
Even split

1,143 of 16,733 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.

Millard appears in 36 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Millard?
16,733 babies have been named Millard since 1880. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1922 with 478 births.
When was Millard most popular?
Millard was most popular in the 1920s decade with 3,964 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
Where is Millard most popular?
The top states for the name Millard are Kentucky (1,143 births), North Carolina (1,024 births), Alabama (722 births).
How long has the name Millard been used?
Millard has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 143 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Millard?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Milton, Miles, Milo, Milan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1880–2022 (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.