Boys' name · since 1916
Milner
28 babies named Milner in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Milner sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 28 recorded since 1916.
Milner has 28 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2019.
- #26,450 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Milner ranks #26,450 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #26,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Milner's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Milner's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Milner splits its recorded history at 1920: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Milner popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2019
- Peak year (1918)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Milner by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 43% of the file).
1920s was Milner's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Milner births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Milner's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Milner: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1916–2019 (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 Milner 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.