Millard
Millard was given to 10 boys in 2025, #8,031 among boys’ names; 16,776 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,780 Americans named Millard and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 57 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Millard by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Millard mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Millard is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Millard?
#8,031 among boys’ names, 2025
Millard rose from #8,489 in 2015 to #8,031 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 4.7 to 5.9 per million.
485 babies in 1922, the peak
Millard peaked in 1922, when 485 babies were given it (478 boys, #259 among boys’ names). The 10 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #8,031 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #13,679 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #13,403 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,450 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,603 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,418 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,957 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,489 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,377 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,409 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #10,390 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,973 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,563 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,735 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #11,020 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,357 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,632 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,375 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,918 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #7,204 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,345 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,356 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,941 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,317 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,198 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,747 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,156 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #5,132 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,281 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,893 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,165 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,410 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,307 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,080 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,788 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,500 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,849 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,668 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,466 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,942 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,774 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,818 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,562 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,441 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,160 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,160 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 73 | #937 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 73 | #897 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 59 | #953 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 61 | #929 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 68 | #882 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 75 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 92 | #787 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 92 | #793 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 97 | #773 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 89 | #811 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 123 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 110 | #731 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 112 | #712 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 132 | #661 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 131 | #666 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 163 | #575 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 178 | #548 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 143 | #608 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 182 | #518 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 173 | #520 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 182 | #495 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 194 | #474 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 191 | #482 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 216 | #459 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 219 | #431 | 0.13 |
| 1945 | 199 | #423 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 212 | #414 | 0.16 |
| 1943 | 235 | #403 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 227 | #405 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 208 | #404 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 210 | #394 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 206 | #396 | 0.19 |
| 1938 | 231 | #371 | 0.21 |
| 1937 | 265 | #333 | 0.25 |
| 1936 | 239 | #349 | 0.23 |
| 1935 | 252 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1934 | 250 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1933 | 278 | #322 | 0.28 |
| 1932 | 295 | #321 | 0.28 |
| 1931 | 252 | #347 | 0.24 |
| 1930 | 337 | #310 | 0.31 |
| 1929 | 320 | #308 | 0.30 |
| 1928 | 328 | #308 | 0.30 |
| 1927 | 387 | #289 | 0.34 |
| 1926 | 375 | #293 | 0.34 |
| 1925 | 385 | #293 | 0.35 |
| 1924 | 406 | #283 | 0.36 |
| 1923 | 405 | #281 | 0.37 |
| 1922 | 478 | #259 | 0.44 |
| 1921 | 462 | #261 | 0.42 |
| 1920 | 418 | #269 | 0.39 |
| 1919 | 430 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1918 | 433 | #256 | 0.43 |
| 1917 | 421 | #246 | 0.45 |
| 1916 | 398 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1915 | 406 | #240 | 0.48 |
| 1914 | 279 | #260 | 0.43 |
| 1913 | 249 | #236 | 0.49 |
| 1912 | 187 | #259 | 0.43 |
| 1911 | 100 | #259 | 0.44 |
| 1910 | 75 | #279 | 0.39 |
| 1909 | 79 | #250 | 0.48 |
| 1908 | 80 | #234 | 0.52 |
| 1907 | 66 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1906 | 62 | #252 | 0.47 |
| 1905 | 51 | #277 | 0.39 |
| 1904 | 77 | #210 | 0.60 |
| 1903 | 57 | #247 | 0.48 |
| 1902 | 60 | #237 | 0.49 |
| 1901 | 54 | #236 | 0.51 |
| 1900 | 68 | #248 | 0.45 |
| 1899 | 53 | #230 | 0.50 |
| 1898 | 65 | #218 | 0.53 |
| 1897 | 47 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 64 | #223 | 0.54 |
| 1895 | 50 | #256 | 0.43 |
| 1894 | 47 | #254 | 0.41 |
| 1893 | 55 | #233 | 0.49 |
| 1892 | 59 | #232 | 0.48 |
| 1891 | 54 | #218 | 0.53 |
| 1890 | 62 | #211 | 0.56 |
| 1889 | 42 | #258 | 0.38 |
| 1888 | 70 | #210 | 0.58 |
| 1887 | 67 | #186 | 0.66 |
| 1886 | 57 | #225 | 0.51 |
| 1885 | 63 | #201 | 0.58 |
| 1884 | 56 | #223 | 0.49 |
| 1883 | 44 | #244 | 0.42 |
| 1882 | 70 | #189 | 0.62 |
| 1881 | 36 | #265 | 0.36 |
| 1880 | 56 | #213 | 0.51 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Millard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Millard has been given almost only to boys: 33 girls in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Millard: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Millard, and how old are they?
3,780 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 23% of the 16,776 Americans ever recorded as Millard. The median Millard alive today is 70 years old; half are between 57 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 4,529 people named Millard (35 women and girls, 4,494 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,845 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 794 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,780 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 714 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 293 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 115 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 70 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Millard born?
The states with the most babies named Millard are Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1,143 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| North Carolina | 1,024 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Tennessee | 720 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 717 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 709 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 699 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Texas | 673 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 573 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 542 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 497 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Millard is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Millard is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Millard with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 16,793 babies since 1880, Millard is the most given (100% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Millard
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Millard and names like it
- Compare Millard and MillerdBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMillard peaked in 1922.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Millard since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Millard: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Millard.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Millard alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.