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Milton

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,436 for boys

Milton is a boys' name, meaning “mill”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,436th for boys in the US (125 babies).

What does Milton mean?

“mill”

A male given name transferred from the surname.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Milton a girl's or a boy's name?

Milton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 125 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Milton in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Milton, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Milton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 10 in 20142025
Milton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20245#3,772
20233#5,193
20223#5,017
20213#4,989
20203#4,803
20193#4,913
20184#4,169
20175#3,608
20165#3,655
20150–
201410#2,207
20135#3,466
20128#2,595
20114#3,986
20109#2,306
20094#3,909
20085#3,305
20076#2,873
20064#3,522
20058#2,090
20046#2,399
20039#1,723
20027#1,900
20015#2,326
20004#2,612
19990–
19984#2,531
19975#2,109

How popular is Milton in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,436among boys
Babies in 2025
125about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 125 boys in the US were named Milton, making it the 1,436th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. Its busiest year was 1920, with 2,592 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Milton than any year since 1887.

Half of all the boys named Milton in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,592 in 19202025
Milton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025125#1,436
2024128#1,426
2023128#1,420
2022153#1,264
2021136#1,360
2020144#1,271
2019149#1,258
2018153#1,219
2017167#1,138
2016149#1,245
2015153#1,205
2014175#1,093
2013171#1,088
2012168#1,106
2011159#1,136
2010188#1,031
2009190#1,024
2008218#932
2007222#901
2006238#846
2005231#817
2004244#754
2003243#740
2002260#696
2001264#682
2000280#648
1999228#719
1998217#742
1997248#661
1996281#619
1995271#624
1994282#619
1993318#573
1992331#559
1991333#555
1990324#563
1989347#513
1988365#482
1987364#463
1986341#469
1985366#447
1984374#433
1983372#425
1982410#411
1981402#411
1980402#406
1979375#408
1978415#380
1977412#388
1976441#364
1975437#373
1974451#362
1973455#360
1972485#351
1971591#318
1970633#310
1969652#299
1968680#282
1967710#274
1966765#263
1965825#257
1964979#245
1963993#242
19621,113#231
19611,104#239
19601,183#235
19591,218#225
19581,325#204
19571,362#198
19561,482#187
19551,430#185
19541,581#175
19531,531#175
19521,576#169
19511,520#169
19501,553#161
19491,559#160
19481,546#160
19471,638#158
19461,507#156
19451,349#154
19441,457#146
19431,508#141
19421,507#141
19411,385#140
19401,423#132
19391,372#128
19381,400#127
19371,385#121
19361,441#119
19351,532#117
19341,516#115
19331,486#113
19321,710#105
19311,834#99
19302,053#93
19292,029#94
19282,170#92
19272,358#88
19262,418#83
19252,567#80
19242,474#81
19232,446#81
19222,556#74
19212,588#75
19202,592#74
19192,448#73
19182,454#76
19172,394#75
19162,345#72
19152,225#73
19141,834#69
19131,419#71
19121,319#64
1911608#70
1910476#76
1909369#81
1908346#79
1907292#89
1906303#78
1905299#80
1904230#93
1903210#92
1902207#95
1901197#90
1900242#98
1899207#89
1898225#91
1897161#106
1896194#98
1895188#102
1894156#110
1893174#102
1892173#107
1891141#105
1890126#119
1889171#96
1888165#103
1887122#111
1886145#106
1885130#107
1884150#102
1883149#90
1882155#94
1881143#91
1880149#91

Names like Milton

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Leon Arthur Archie Reuben Harry William Frederick Charlie Stanley Harvey Otis Louie

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Milton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/milton, updated 20 October 2026.