Is Milton a boy or girl name?
Milton is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 128 boys were named Milton, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.5% of the 118,422 US babies named Milton were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,428
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Milton since 1880
- 118,422
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 2,603 babies
Boys and girls named Milton, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,479 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,745 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 2,695 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 1910s | 17,522 | 103 | 0.6% |
| 1920s | 24,198 | 159 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 15,729 | 103 | 0.7% |
| 1940s | 14,879 | 58 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 14,580 | 99 | 0.7% |
| 1960s | 9,002 | 62 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 4,695 | 19 | 0.4% |
| 1980s | 3,743 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 1990s | 2,832 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 2,390 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,632 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 686 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 128 | #1,428 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,436 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 151 | #1,279 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 136 | #1,361 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,277 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,261 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 153 | #1,221 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 167 | #1,139 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 149 | #1,245 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 153 | #1,208 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 175 | #1,095 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 171 | #1,089 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 168 | #1,107 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,140 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 188 | #1,034 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 190 | #1,026 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 218 | #935 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 222 | #901 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 238 | #846 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 231 | #818 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 244 | #755 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 243 | #743 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 260 | #696 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 264 | #684 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 280 | #650 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 228 | #722 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 217 | #746 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 248 | #662 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 281 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 271 | #625 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 282 | #621 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 318 | #574 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 330 | #560 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 333 | #557 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 324 | #564 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 347 | #516 | 7 | #10,455 |
| 1988 | 365 | #483 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 364 | #464 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 341 | #470 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 366 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 374 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 372 | #426 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 410 | #411 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 402 | #413 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 402 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 375 | #409 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 415 | #381 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 412 | #389 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 441 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 437 | #373 | 5 | #10,035 |
| 1974 | 451 | #362 | 7 | #7,397 |
| 1973 | 455 | #360 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 485 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 591 | #318 | 7 | #7,099 |
| 1970 | 633 | #310 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 652 | #299 | 6 | #7,180 |
| 1968 | 680 | #282 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 710 | #274 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 765 | #263 | 7 | #5,626 |
| 1965 | 824 | #257 | 8 | #5,147 |
| 1964 | 979 | #246 | 9 | #4,876 |
| 1963 | 993 | #242 | 8 | #5,167 |
| 1962 | 1,113 | #231 | 6 | #6,340 |
| 1961 | 1,105 | #239 | 8 | #5,153 |
| 1960 | 1,181 | #235 | 10 | #4,370 |
| 1959 | 1,219 | #225 | 11 | #3,964 |
| 1958 | 1,326 | #204 | 10 | #4,111 |
| 1957 | 1,362 | #198 | 11 | #3,861 |
| 1956 | 1,482 | #188 | 13 | #3,451 |
| 1955 | 1,430 | #185 | 11 | #3,718 |
| 1954 | 1,581 | #175 | 7 | #5,002 |
| 1953 | 1,531 | #175 | 8 | #4,469 |
| 1952 | 1,576 | #169 | 12 | #3,330 |
| 1951 | 1,520 | #169 | 9 | #3,909 |
| 1950 | 1,553 | #161 | 7 | #4,604 |
| 1949 | 1,559 | #160 | 6 | #5,074 |
| 1948 | 1,546 | #160 | 7 | #4,501 |
| 1947 | 1,638 | #158 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 1,507 | #156 | 9 | #3,587 |
| 1945 | 1,349 | #154 | 6 | #4,385 |
| 1944 | 1,457 | #146 | 9 | #3,300 |
| 1943 | 1,508 | #141 | 11 | #2,983 |
| 1942 | 1,507 | #141 | 5 | #5,142 |
| 1941 | 1,385 | #140 | 5 | #4,864 |
| 1940 | 1,423 | #132 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 1,372 | #128 | 9 | #3,079 |
| 1938 | 1,400 | #127 | 14 | #2,303 |
| 1937 | 1,385 | #121 | 8 | #3,350 |
| 1936 | 1,441 | #120 | 7 | #3,614 |
| 1935 | 1,532 | #117 | 10 | #2,871 |
| 1934 | 1,516 | #115 | 6 | #4,145 |
| 1933 | 1,486 | #113 | 7 | #3,651 |
| 1932 | 1,710 | #106 | 10 | #2,980 |
| 1931 | 1,834 | #99 | 15 | #2,174 |
| 1930 | 2,053 | #93 | 17 | #2,085 |
| 1929 | 2,029 | #94 | 17 | #2,073 |
| 1928 | 2,170 | #92 | 19 | #2,000 |
| 1927 | 2,358 | #88 | 21 | #1,919 |
| 1926 | 2,418 | #83 | 17 | #2,229 |
| 1925 | 2,567 | #80 | 15 | #2,457 |
| 1924 | 2,474 | #81 | 19 | #2,107 |
| 1923 | 2,446 | #81 | 15 | #2,428 |
| 1922 | 2,556 | #74 | 13 | #2,721 |
| 1921 | 2,588 | #75 | 12 | #2,888 |
| 1920 | 2,592 | #74 | 11 | #3,039 |
| 1919 | 2,448 | #73 | 15 | #2,346 |
| 1918 | 2,454 | #76 | 21 | #1,858 |
| 1917 | 2,394 | #75 | 13 | #2,509 |
| 1916 | 2,345 | #72 | 18 | #1,931 |
| 1915 | 2,225 | #73 | 11 | #2,649 |
| 1914 | 1,834 | #69 | 10 | #2,381 |
| 1913 | 1,419 | #71 | 9 | #2,278 |
| 1912 | 1,319 | #64 | 6 | #2,863 |
| 1911 | 608 | #70 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 476 | #76 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 369 | #81 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 346 | #79 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 292 | #89 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 303 | #78 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 299 | #80 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 230 | #93 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 210 | #92 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 207 | #96 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 197 | #90 | 5 | #1,869 |
| 1900 | 242 | #98 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 207 | #89 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 225 | #91 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 161 | #106 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 194 | #98 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 188 | #102 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 156 | #110 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 174 | #102 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 173 | #107 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 141 | #105 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 126 | #119 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 171 | #97 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 165 | #104 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 122 | #112 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 145 | #106 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 130 | #107 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 150 | #104 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 149 | #90 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 155 | #95 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 143 | #92 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 149 | #91 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Milton reached #64 in 1912. As a girl name, it reached #1,858 in 1918. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Milton
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.