How Many People Are Named Milford?
people named Milford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 183,360 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,211 babies named Milford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
234 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Milford (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Milford alive today is about 69 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Milford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 234 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Milford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #370, in 1913 and 1917.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #370 (1913 and 1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #407 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Milford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Milford were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 70 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Milford was given 3.6 times as often in Alabama, 2.7 times in Kentucky and 2.7 times in Missouri.
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