Milly
Girl · MIL-ee · Germanic
Milly is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 789th for girls in the UK (50 babies) and 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Milly mean?
Germanic: pet form of Millicent, Amelia or Mildred
Spelling of Millie, a pet form of Millicent, Mildred or Amelia.
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- MIL-ee
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Is Milly a girl's or a boy's name?
Milly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the UK and 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Milly in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #789among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 5,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were named Milly, making it the 789th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 657th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 487 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Milly since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Milly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,349 girls in the UK were given Milly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #39, up from #789 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 792nd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Milly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #789 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 68 | #609 |
| 2022 | 65 | #634 |
| 2021 | 69 | #607 |
| 2020 | 62 | #657 |
| 2019 | 85 | #527 |
| 2018 | 82 | #560 |
| 2017 | 95 | #507 |
| 2016 | 128 | #395 |
| 2015 | 131 | #386 |
| 2014 | 167 | #310 |
| 2013 | 136 | #375 |
| 2012 | 165 | #323 |
| 2011 | 243 | #233 |
| 2010 | 277 | #210 |
| 2009 | 315 | #188 |
| 2008 | 352 | #174 |
| 2007 | 402 | #154 |
| 2006 | 435 | #144 |
| 2005 | 415 | #143 |
| 2004 | 487 | #124 |
| 2003 | 407 | #139 |
| 2002 | 323 | #155 |
| 2001 | 128 | #314 |
| 2000 | 120 | #322 |
| 1999 | 112 | #331 |
| 1998 | 120 | #329 |
| 1997 | 106 | #359 |
| 1996 | 51 | #550 |
How popular is Milly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,777among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Milly, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Milly in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,523 girls in the US were given Milly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #81, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
Milly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,796 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,826 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,775 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,730 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,869 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,943 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 88 | #2,152 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,652 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,077 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,844 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,022 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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