Boys' name · since 1920
Milven
Milven has 15 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 15
- total births
- 1920–1937
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
Milven is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1920.
Milven has 15 recorded births among boys since 1920, 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 1920 to 1937.
- 15 total births
- 1920–1937 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Milven's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Milven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Milven's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded.
Milven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1937
- Peak year (1920)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Milven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Milven's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Milven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Milven's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1920–1937 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Milven: Baby Name Since 1920 - 15 Births, Peak 1920." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/milven. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Milven 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 July 2026.