The name Milford is of English origin, and means ford at the mill.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Milford has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Milford
Use of the Name Milford for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
7,366
277
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Milford has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Milford last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1961, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Milford
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
878
6
1881
634
9
1882
737
8
1883
581
11
1884
594
11
1885
679
9
1886
464
16
1887
890
6
1888
739
9
1889
766
8
1890
589
12
1891
1892
474
18
1893
561
13
1894
493
17
1895
547
15
1896
475
19
1897
708
10
1898
652
12
1899
603
12
1900
507
22
1901
666
11
1902
517
18
1903
642
13
1904
375
30
1905
503
21
1906
451
25
1907
441
28
1908
510
25
1909
443
33
1910
488
33
1911
376
56
1912
386
99
1913
369
128
1914
420
131
1915
380
198
1916
396
195
1917
375
226
1918
402
219
1919
405
207
1920
396
227
1921
400
232
1922
401
225
1923
399
224
1924
398
234
1925
396
229
1926
415
212
1927
436
194
1928
419
204
1929
440
180
1930
453
172
1931
444
160
1932
469
151
1933
443
155
1934
459
151
1935
468
146
1936
492
134
1937
477
142
1938
491
140
1939
523
120
1940
497
138
1941
572
108
1942
603
109
1943
551
131
1944
584
110
1945
570
114
1946
633
103
1947
681
104
1948
654
108
1949
673
104
1950
762
81
1951
795
78
1952
790
80
1953
788
82
1954
903
68
1955
869
72
1956
861
76
1957
1958
975
61
1959
1960
1961
926
68
Totals:
7,366
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Milford as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Milford appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 78 times during the last 125 years.