Mills
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Unisex
Mills is a name of English origin, meaning “of the mills”. In 2025 it ranked 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Mills mean?
English: English surname
“of the mills”
An English surname for someone who lived or worked at a mill.
- Say it
- MILZ
Is Mills a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mills has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 46 boys in the US.
How popular is Mills in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Mills, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. It first appears in the records in 1882. 15 girls were also named Mills in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Mills of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Mills in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25% of the babies named Mills in the US were girls.
Mills in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
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