Milly
Milly was given to 113 girls in 2025, #1,790 among girls’ names; 3,347 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,780 Americans named Milly and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 7 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Milly by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Milly mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Milly is “a diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, and Camilla, also used as a formal given name.”
Clipping + -y.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Milly?
#1,790 among girls’ names, 2025
Milly rose from #2,160 in 2015 to #1,790 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 49.3 to 70.3 per million.
129 babies in 2014, the peak
Milly peaked in 2014, when 129 girls were given it, #1,657 among girls’ names. The 113 births of 2025 are 88% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,790 | 70.3 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,803 | 69.1 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,832 | 68.6 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,779 | 70.7 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,738 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,877 | 63.7 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,927 | 61.4 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,876 | 63.5 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,949 | 59.7 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,836 | 63.8 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | #2,160 | 49.3 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,657 | 72.2 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,872 | 61.5 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,041 | 53.9 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,289 | 46.6 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,087 | 53.4 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,463 | 42.5 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,849 | 61.3 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,578 | 23.9 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,163 | 27.9 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,781 | 21.1 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,671 | 21.8 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,106 | 26.3 |
| 2002 | 32 | #4,043 | 17.8 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,076 | 17.2 |
| 2000 | 31 | #4,040 | 17.1 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,973 | 12.4 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,050 | 5.7 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,184 | 3.4 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,935 | 6.3 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,366 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,965 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,484 | 5.5 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,357 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,469 | 7.5 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,293 | 5.3 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,448 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,148 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,497 | 8.1 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,248 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,195 | 5.3 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,089 | 5.4 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,648 | 3.0 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,646 | 6.0 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,184 | 5.4 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,770 | 5.0 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,312 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 12 | #5,087 | 8.2 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,761 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,748 | 8.2 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,232 | 9.2 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,990 | 3.6 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,664 | 3.4 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,323 | 5.3 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,479 | 4.9 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,517 | 6.1 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,137 | 4.7 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,122 | 6.2 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,634 | 7.4 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,465 | 13.0 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,545 | 7.1 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,734 | 6.4 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,791 | 9.9 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,834 | 8.9 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,335 | 7.0 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,616 | 5.9 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,630 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,921 | 8.2 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,441 | 6.2 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,137 | 4.8 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,024 | 4.9 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,646 | 5.6 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,363 | 6.4 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,953 | 7.6 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,923 | 7.7 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,233 | 4.5 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,838 | 8.3 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,212 | 12.2 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,953 | 5.3 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,186 | 7.2 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,629 | 9.6 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,345 | 11.6 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,133 | 7.9 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,531 | 10.9 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,531 | 10.9 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,972 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,012 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,974 | 16.2 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,525 | 11.5 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,501 | 11.9 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,593 | 11.2 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,723 | 19.7 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,514 | 11.5 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,993 | 16.1 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,068 | 15.6 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,996 | 9.2 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,436 | 12.7 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,924 | 17.3 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,850 | 18.4 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,929 | 17.4 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,165 | 15.0 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,465 | 12.2 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,235 | 14.2 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,903 | 17.7 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,171 | 8.6 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,600 | 7.4 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,331 | 13.4 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,773 | 19.3 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,379 | 13.1 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,474 | 12.8 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,692 | 21.5 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,735 | 12.0 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,886 | 20.2 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,428 | 14.4 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,867 | 20.9 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,874 | 19.3 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,748 | 21.0 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,384 | 28.2 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,402 | 28.3 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,467 | 27.0 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,467 | 26.3 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,223 | 34.6 |
| 1884 | 10 | #714 | 77.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Milly a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Milly has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 123 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Milly: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Milly, and how old are they?
2,780 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 3,347 Americans ever recorded as Milly. The median Milly alive today is 13 years old; half are between 7 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 3,002 people named Milly (2,977 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,210 born in the U.S. The Census count is 36% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 65 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 201 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 124 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 153 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 816 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,420 |
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 Milly born?
The states with the most babies named Milly are California, Texas and New York, with 47% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Milly 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 155,838 babies since 1880, Milly is the fourth most given (2.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 113 of their 9,357 babies (1.2%), the fifth most given that year.
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 Milly
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 Milly and names like it
- Compare Milly and MilaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sMilly peaked in 2014.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Milly since 1910.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Milly.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Milly alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.