Miller
Miller is a unisex name: 528 girls and 864 boys were given it in 2025 (#571 among girls’ names and #369 among boys’, #483 among all names counting both); 13,935 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,300 Americans named Miller and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 3 and 18.
Miller is among the most evenly shared names of 2025: #14 of 43 unisex names by how close its split is to half and half.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Miller by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Miller mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Miller is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.
/ˈmɪlɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Miller?
#369 among boys’ names, 2025
Miller rose from #829 in 2015 to #369 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.14 to 0.51 per 1,000.
1,392 babies in 2025, the peak
Miller peaked in 2025, when 1,392 babies were given it (864 boys, #369 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 723 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 528 | #571 | 864 | #369 |
| 2024 | 372 | #759 | 723 | #438 |
| 2023 | 305 | #881 | 559 | #528 |
| 2022 | 212 | #1,147 | 468 | #603 |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,344 | 469 | #595 |
| 2020 | 140 | #1,523 | 365 | #699 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,945 | 311 | #765 |
| 2018 | 98 | #2,005 | 253 | #867 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,251 | 260 | #849 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,358 | 264 | #853 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71 | #2,544 | 272 | #829 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,099 | 249 | #874 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,997 | 213 | #939 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,349 | 180 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,983 | 217 | #925 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,371 | 188 | #1,033 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,950 | 179 | #1,058 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,914 | 181 | #1,053 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,307 | 166 | #1,101 |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,063 | 153 | #1,130 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,783 | 112 | #1,349 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,899 | 89 | #1,510 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,097 | 88 | #1,483 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,268 | 76 | #1,600 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,722 | 69 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,436 | 83 | #1,478 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,734 | 77 | #1,482 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,837 | 67 | #1,578 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,549 | 63 | #1,618 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,618 | 63 | #1,579 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,186 | 45 | #1,900 |
| 1994 | under 5 | 48 | #1,808 | |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,596 | 44 | #1,881 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,509 | 33 | #2,282 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 40 | #1,935 | |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,431 | 31 | #2,290 |
| 1989 | under 5 | 25 | #2,580 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 22 | #2,657 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,762 | 16 | #3,155 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 17 | #2,965 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 20 | #2,565 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 21 | #2,411 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 24 | #2,185 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 25 | #2,148 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 25 | #2,123 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 15 | #3,052 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 18 | #2,646 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 17 | #2,628 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 20 | #2,328 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 25 | #1,972 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 20 | #2,262 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 30 | #1,644 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 24 | #1,857 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 23 | #1,907 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 31 | #1,585 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 25 | #1,777 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 23 | #1,754 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 22 | #1,718 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 23 | #1,633 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 31 | #1,391 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 32 | #1,371 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 22 | #1,720 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 32 | #1,394 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 30 | #1,448 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 29 | #1,509 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 25 | #1,649 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 43 | #1,188 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 40 | #1,229 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 35 | #1,339 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 29 | #1,472 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 51 | #1,057 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 42 | #1,161 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 38 | #1,225 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 44 | #1,104 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 46 | #1,060 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 34 | #1,248 | |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,072 | 40 | #1,123 |
| 1948 | under 5 | 35 | #1,227 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 49 | #1,033 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 39 | #1,120 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 38 | #1,050 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 36 | #1,118 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 48 | #976 | |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,140 | 34 | #1,209 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,283 | 35 | #1,122 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 45 | #964 | |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,674 | 37 | #1,064 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,369 | 60 | #804 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 47 | #918 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 40 | #1,004 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 43 | #978 | |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,768 | 52 | #874 |
| 1933 | under 5 | 59 | #807 | |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,258 | 42 | #1,032 |
| 1931 | under 5 | 62 | #799 | |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,036 | 63 | #821 |
| 1929 | under 5 | 52 | #937 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 52 | #944 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 60 | #879 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 63 | #838 | |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,785 | 81 | #721 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,630 | 82 | #735 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,475 | 82 | #724 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,539 | 84 | #716 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,648 | 86 | #703 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,781 | 84 | #709 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,700 | 76 | #734 |
| 1918 | under 5 | 62 | #836 | |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,438 | 61 | #817 |
| 1916 | under 5 | 54 | #863 | |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,089 | 68 | #723 |
| 1914 | under 5 | 70 | #604 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 46 | #664 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 41 | #662 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 27 | #594 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 21 | #648 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 15 | #743 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 19 | #607 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 17 | #626 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 14 | #669 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #894 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 12 | #712 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 16 | #565 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 12 | #673 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 12 | #627 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 14 | #690 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 11 | #646 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #959 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 11 | #669 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 9 | #810 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 10 | #731 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 9 | #767 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 12 | #599 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 10 | #733 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 7 | #817 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 12 | #590 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 17 | #454 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 12 | #596 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 6 | #890 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 12 | #565 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 8 | #743 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 6 | #930 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 7 | #776 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 16 | #463 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 11 | #552 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 7 | #787 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Miller a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 13,935 Americans recorded as Miller, 20% are girls and 80% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Miller: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Miller, and how old are they?
11,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 13,935 Americans ever recorded as Miller. The median Miller alive today is 8 years old; half are between 3 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 6,879 people named Miller (1,308 women and girls, 5,571 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,508 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 161 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 460 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 333 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 535 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,290 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,490 |
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 Miller born?
The states with the most babies named Miller are Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 153 | #379 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 95 | #241 | 1.5× |
| Georgia | 92 | #244 | 2.0× |
| California | 64 | #633 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 64 | #252 | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 58 | #183 | 2.1× |
| Florida | 51 | #504 | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 44 | #250 | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 43 | #263 | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 42 | #284 | 1.9× |
Where Miller is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Miller is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.1 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 Miller with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Miller
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Murphy | 13,174 |
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 Miller and names like it
- Compare Miller and MurphyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMiller peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Miller since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Miller: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Miller.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Miller alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.