Girls' name · since 1880
Millie
Millie has 45,926 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #73 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,926
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Millie is the #73 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 45,926 recorded since 1880.
Millie has 45,926 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #73 as of the latest data, more common than 99.6% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #626 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #73 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45,926 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Millie ranks #626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #73 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45,926 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #73 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,926
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Millie's 45,926 recorded births place it above 99.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Millie compares
45,926 Top 4% higher than 96% of 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
Millie's all-time total is 122x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Millie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45,926 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,353 | 21 | 19,840 |
Millie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Millie's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 34 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 3,353, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Millie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 3,353
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Millie popularity over time - boys
212 total births recorded since 1907 (Millie as boys' name)
Millie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14,235 births, 31% of the file).
2020s was Millie's strongest decade.
14,235 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Millie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,527
1880s
1,527 births
- 1890s 1,959
1890s
1,959 births
- 1900s 1,989
1900s
1,989 births
- 1910s 4,123
1910s
4,123 births
- 1920s 3,875
1920s
3,875 births
- 1930s 2,607
1930s
2,607 births
- 1940s 2,277
1940s
2,277 births
- 1950s 1,932
1950s
1,932 births
- 1960s 1,289
1960s
1,289 births
- 1970s 741
1970s
741 births
- 1980s 462
1980s
462 births
- 1990s 472
1990s
472 births
- 2000s 1,578
2000s
1,578 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,860 births
- 2020s
2020s
14,235 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14,235 births (31% of all-time use).
How Millie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Millie's total volume
Millie by state
Where Millie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,984 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,889 | 6.3% |
| #3 | California | | 2,272 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 1,706 | 3.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 1,627 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 1,463 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,392 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,331 | 2.9% |
2,984 of 45,926 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Millie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Millie's data
- New York records the most Millies (2,984 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Millie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Millie 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.