The name Milton is of English origin, and means mill town.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Milton 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 Milton
Use of the Name Milton for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
114,188
28,309
7,838
2,522
1,281
482
241
The table below indicates the number of times the name Milton has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
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 Milton
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
91
149
1881
92
143
1882
95
155
1883
90
149
1884
104
150
1885
107
130
1886
106
145
1887
112
122
1888
104
165
1889
97
171
1890
119
126
1891
105
141
1892
107
173
1893
102
174
1894
110
156
1895
102
188
1896
98
194
1897
106
161
1898
91
225
1899
89
207
1900
98
242
1901
90
197
1902
96
207
1903
94
210
1904
95
229
1905
80
299
1906
78
303
1907
89
292
1908
79
345
1909
81
368
1910
76
471
1911
70
606
1912
64
1,318
1913
71
1,413
1914
69
1,831
1915
73
2,227
1916
72
2,348
1917
75
2,387
1918
76
2,456
1919
73
2,452
1920
74
2,596
1921
75
2,577
1922
74
2,559
1923
80
2,456
1924
81
2,472
1925
80
2,564
1926
83
2,410
1927
88
2,353
1928
92
2,163
1929
94
2,034
1930
93
2,047
1931
100
1,828
1932
106
1,705
1933
112
1,489
1934
115
1,508
1935
117
1,530
1936
119
1,443
1937
121
1,383
1938
127
1,395
1939
128
1,373
1940
132
1,429
1941
140
1,377
1942
141
1,508
1943
141
1,504
1944
148
1,438
1945
152
1,354
1946
158
1,483
1947
158
1,638
1948
159
1,544
1949
160
1,548
1950
161
1,548
1951
168
1,514
1952
169
1,579
1953
175
1,527
1954
175
1,578
1955
186
1,425
1956
188
1,471
1957
198
1,359
1958
204
1,327
1959
225
1,208
1960
234
1,185
1961
240
1,097
1962
231
1,111
1963
242
992
1964
246
976
1965
257
826
1966
263
765
1967
274
712
1968
282
681
1969
299
650
1970
312
629
1971
318
590
1972
349
488
1973
362
456
1974
364
449
1975
373
434
1976
364
441
1977
389
411
1978
384
412
1979
407
376
1980
403
405
1981
412
401
1982
411
410
1983
423
373
1984
432
374
1985
449
365
1986
470
338
1987
465
361
1988
484
362
1989
515
347
1990
565
322
1991
558
332
1992
560
330
1993
578
315
1994
623
281
1995
628
269
1996
622
279
1997
661
249
1998
746
216
1999
719
228
2000
652
278
2001
683
263
2002
695
258
2003
742
241
2004
752
241
Totals:
114,188
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Milton as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.