How Many People Are Named Milton?
people named Milton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,214 people in the US has this name
Based on 118,551 babies named Milton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,603 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "mill town" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was John Milton (1608-1674), the poet who wrote 'Paradise Lost'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Milton, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Milton alive today is about 58 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Milton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 2,603 babies. In 2025, 125 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Milton never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #64, in 1912, and it was in the top 100 in 40 years between 1880 and 1931. In 2025 it ranked #1,440.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,440 |
| Best rank | #64 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | 40 (1880 to 1931) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #82 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Milton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Milton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,765 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Milton was given 2.4 times as often in Louisiana, 2 times in District of Columbia and 2 times in Hawaii.
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