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Milton Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Milton?

In 2018 the uncommon name Milton, ranked the 1,218th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Milton is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #64 in 1912.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1920 with 2,592 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Milton was 122 in 1887.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Milton occurred roughly during the years 1902-1905, and 1906-1915, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1956-1959, 1962-1965, and 1969-1972.

Milton's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Milton for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Milton?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Milton is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Milton has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Milton (Girl)Milton (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 152 1,218
2017 < 5 -- 167 1,138
2016 < 5 -- 149 1,245
2015 < 5 -- 153 1,206
2014 < 5 -- 175 1,094
2013 < 5 -- 170 1,091
2012 < 5 -- 168 1,107
2011 < 5 -- 159 1,139
2010 < 5 -- 188 1,034
2009 < 5 -- 189 1,028
2008 < 5 -- 218 935
2007 < 5 -- 222 900
2006 < 5 -- 237 850
2005 < 5 -- 230 820
2004 < 5 -- 244 755
2003 < 5 -- 243 743
2002 < 5 -- 259 696
2001 < 5 -- 264 684
2000 < 5 -- 280 650
1999 < 5 -- 228 722
1998 < 5 -- 217 746
1997 < 5 -- 248 662
1996 < 5 -- 281 619
1995 < 5 -- 270 626
1994 < 5 -- 282 621
1993 < 5 -- 318 574
1992 < 5 -- 330 560
1991 < 5 -- 333 558
1990 < 5 -- 324 563
1989 7 10,451 347 515
1988 < 5 -- 365 483
1987 < 5 -- 362 464
1986 < 5 -- 340 470
1985 < 5 -- 366 447
1984 < 5 -- 374 433
1983 < 5 -- 372 426
1982 < 5 -- 410 411
1981 < 5 -- 402 414
1980 < 5 -- 402 406
1979 < 5 -- 375 410
1978 < 5 -- 417 378
1977 < 5 -- 412 389
1976 < 5 -- 441 364
1975 5 10,027 438 373
1974 7 7,397 450 364
1973 < 5 -- 456 360
1972 < 5 -- 485 351
1971 7 7,098 591 318
1970 < 5 -- 632 312
1969 6 7,175 652 299
1968 < 5 -- 680 282
1967 < 5 -- 711 274
1966 7 5,625 766 263
1965 8 5,144 824 257
1964 9 4,876 978 246
1963 8 5,167 992 242
1962 6 6,333 1,112 231
1961 8 5,152 1,106 239
1960 10 4,368 1,183 235
1959 12 3,758 1,217 225
1958 10 4,104 1,324 204
1957 11 3,864 1,362 198
1956 12 3,630 1,478 187
1955 11 3,717 1,428 186
1954 7 5,000 1,580 175
1953 8 4,471 1,532 175
1952 12 3,329 1,576 169
1951 9 3,908 1,520 169
1950 7 4,606 1,554 160
1949 6 5,074 1,559 160
1948 7 4,500 1,544 160
1947 < 5 -- 1,637 158
1946 9 3,587 1,507 156
1945 6 4,386 1,348 154
1944 9 3,300 1,457 146
1943 11 2,982 1,508 141
1942 5 5,143 1,505 141
1941 5 4,863 1,385 140
1940 < 5 -- 1,425 132
1939 9 3,080 1,372 128
1938 14 2,302 1,400 127
1937 8 3,349 1,384 121
1936 7 3,614 1,442 119
1935 10 2,871 1,531 117
1934 6 4,145 1,516 115
1933 7 3,648 1,486 113
1932 10 2,980 1,710 106
1931 15 2,174 1,833 100
1930 17 2,084 2,053 93
1929 17 2,074 2,031 93
1928 19 2,000 2,169 92
1927 21 1,918 2,359 88
1926 17 2,229 2,418 83
1925 15 2,457 2,565 80
1924 19 2,108 2,475 81
1923 15 2,428 2,446 81
1922 13 2,721 2,556 74
1921 12 2,888 2,588 75
1920 11 3,039 2,592 74
1919 15 2,346 2,447 73
1918 21 1,858 2,454 76
1917 13 2,509 2,394 75
1916 18 1,931 2,345 72
1915 11 2,649 2,225 73
1914 10 2,381 1,834 69
1913 9 2,278 1,419 71
1912 6 2,863 1,319 64
1911 < 5 -- 608 70
1910 < 5 -- 476 76
1909 < 5 -- 369 81
1908 < 5 -- 346 79
1907 < 5 -- 292 89
1906 < 5 -- 303 78
1905 < 5 -- 299 80
1904 < 5 -- 230 93
1903 < 5 -- 210 92
1902 < 5 -- 207 96
1901 5 1,869 197 90
1900 < 5 -- 242 98
1899 < 5 -- 207 89
1898 < 5 -- 225 91
1897 < 5 -- 161 106
1896 < 5 -- 194 98
1895 < 5 -- 188 102
1894 < 5 -- 156 110
1893 < 5 -- 174 102
1892 < 5 -- 173 107
1891 < 5 -- 141 105
1890 < 5 -- 126 119
1889 < 5 -- 171 97
1888 < 5 -- 165 104
1887 < 5 -- 122 112
1886 < 5 -- 145 106
1885 < 5 -- 130 107
1884 < 5 -- 150 104
1883 < 5 -- 149 90
1882 < 5 -- 155 95
1881 < 5 -- 143 92
1880 < 5 -- 149 91

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.