Millie — #86 US girls' name
42,553 babies named Millie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.5% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Millie was born in this single decade.
2,910 babies were named Millie in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Millie
The Social Security Administration has registered 42,553 babies named Millie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Millie currently holds the #86 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,910 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Millie performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10,866 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Millie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,889 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Millie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Millie 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 42,553 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.
Millie at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Millie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 2,910
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #86 among girls.
42,553 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 2,910 births in a single year.
Millie popularity over time — boys
212 total births recorded since 1907 (Millie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Millie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Millie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 10,866 births that decade — 26% of Millie's all-time total
Millie decade highlights
- Peak decade 10,866 births
- Runner-up 6,859 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Millie's strongest decade
10,866 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Millie by state
Where Millie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,889 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,641 | 6.2% |
| #3 | California | | 2,076 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 1,575 | 3.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 1,508 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 1,379 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,259 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,248 | 2.9% |
2,889 of 42,553 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Millie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.