Girls' name · since 2007
Milley
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Milley, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Milley currently ranks #16210 among girls' names in America, with 82 babies recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Milley recorded 82 times among girls since 2007, holding rank #16210 nationally today, ahead of 6% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #29,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,210 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 82 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Milley ranks #29,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,210 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 82 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Milley's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Milley compares
82 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Milley's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Milley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Milley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Milley's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Milley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Milley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (39 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Milley's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Milley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 39 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Milley's data
- Milley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Milley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Milley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.