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How popular is “Milton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Milton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Milton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Milton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Milton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Milton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Milton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Milton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 149 0.000739513 149 -100%
1881 143 0.000742132 143 -100%
1882 155 0.00069967 155 -100%
1883 149 0.000686807 149 -100%
1884 150 0.000616115 150 -100%
1885 130 0.000539746 130 -100%
1886 145 0.000567924 145 -100%
1887 122 0.000493145 122 -100%
1888 165 0.000550966 165 -100%
1889 171 0.000591806 171 -100%
1890 126 0.000418048 126 -100%
1891 141 0.00049185 141 -100%
1892 173 0.000517385 173 -100%
1893 174 0.000535018 174 -100%
1894 156 0.000460598 156 -100%
1895 188 0.000535582 188 -100%
1896 194 0.000542682 194 -100%
1897 161 0.000464034 161 -100%
1898 225 0.000589847 225 -100%
1899 207 0.000610198 207 -100%
1900 242 0.00053747 242 -100%
1901 202 0.000584132 5 197 -95%
1902 207 0.000535253 207 -100%
1903 210 0.000550892 210 -100%
1904 230 0.000570034 230 -100%
1905 299 0.000705318 299 -100%
1906 303 0.000707199 303 -100%
1907 292 0.000627431 292 -100%
1908 346 0.000708075 346 -100%
1909 369 0.000721797 369 -100%
1910 476 0.000805809 476 -100%
1911 608 0.000943692 608 -100%
1912 1325 0.001341009 6 1319 -99%
1913 1428 0.001255815 9 1419 -99%
1914 1844 0.001301944 10 1834 -99%
1915 2236 0.00122024 11 2225 -99%
1916 2363 0.001221557 18 2345 -98%
1917 2407 0.001199452 13 2394 -99%
1918 2475 0.001139969 21 2454 -98%
1919 2463 0.001167163 15 2448 -99%
1920 2603 0.001150424 11 2592 -99%
1921 2600 0.001113726 12 2588 -99%
1922 2569 0.001122248 13 2556 -99%
1923 2461 0.001068847 15 2446 -99%
1924 2493 0.001046771 19 2474 -98%
1925 2582 0.001106586 15 2567 -99%
1926 2435 0.001060584 17 2418 -99%
1927 2379 0.001025715 21 2358 -98%
1928 2189 0.000968182 19 2170 -98%
1929 2046 0.000933326 17 2029 -98%
1930 2070 0.000931053 17 2053 -98%
1931 1849 0.00087864 15 1834 -98%
1932 1720 0.000814667 10 1710 -99%
1933 1493 0.000746706 7 1486 -99%
1934 1522 0.000732853 6 1516 -99%
1935 1542 0.000737834 10 1532 -99%
1936 1448 0.000696965 7 1441 -99%
1937 1393 0.000653785 8 1385 -99%
1938 1414 0.000639075 14 1400 -98%
1939 1381 0.000626747 9 1372 -99%
1940 1423 0.000617974 1423 -100%
1941 1390 0.000570508 5 1385 -99%
1942 1512 0.000553478 5 1507 -99%
1943 1519 0.000538164 11 1508 -99%
1944 1466 0.000544965 9 1457 -99%
1945 1355 0.00051076 6 1349 -99%
1946 1516 0.000474446 9 1507 -99%
1947 1638 0.000454707 1638 -100%
1948 1553 0.000449817 7 1546 -99%
1949 1565 0.000449096 6 1559 -99%
1950 1560 0.000445287 7 1553 -99%
1951 1529 0.000415067 9 1520 -99%
1952 1588 0.000418114 12 1576 -98%
1953 1539 0.000399362 8 1531 -99%
1954 1588 0.000398924 7 1581 -99%
1955 1441 0.000358897 11 1430 -98%
1956 1495 0.000362597 13 1482 -98%
1957 1373 0.000326738 11 1362 -98%
1958 1336 0.000323181 10 1326 -99%
1959 1230 0.000295816 11 1219 -98%
1960 1191 0.000286724 10 1181 -98%
1961 1113 0.000268691 8 1105 -99%
1962 1119 0.000277298 6 1113 -99%
1963 1001 0.000252893 8 993 -98%
1964 988 0.000254141 9 979 -98%
1965 832 0.000229489 8 824 -98%
1966 772 0.000222116 7 765 -98%
1967 710 0.000209137 710 -100%
1968 680 0.000201278 680 -100%
1969 658 0.000189335 6 652 -98%
1970 633 0.000175516 633 -100%
1971 598 0.000174224 7 591 -98%
1972 485 0.000154311 485 -100%
1973 455 0.000150818 455 -100%
1974 458 0.000150658 7 451 -97%
1975 442 0.000146387 5 437 -98%
1976 441 0.000145338 441 -100%
1977 412 0.000129703 412 -100%
1978 415 0.000130755 415 -100%
1979 375 0.000112714 375 -100%
1980 402 0.000116708 402 -100%
1981 402 0.000116206 402 -100%
1982 410 0.000116877 410 -100%
1983 372 0.000107411 372 -100%
1984 374 0.000107202 374 -100%
1985 366 0.000102547 366 -100%
1986 341 0.000095865 341 -100%
1987 364 0.000100954 364 -100%
1988 365 0.000098781 365 -100%
1989 354 0.000092081 7 347 -96%
1990 324 0.000081974 324 -100%
1991 333 0.000085488 333 -100%
1992 330 0.000085909 330 -100%
1993 318 0.000084344 318 -100%
1994 282 0.000075854 282 -100%
1995 271 0.000074 271 -100%
1996 281 0.000077046 281 -100%
1997 248 0.0000684 248 -100%
1998 217 0.000058996 217 -100%
1999 228 0.000061724 228 -100%
2000 280 0.000074076 280 -100%
2001 264 0.000070524 264 -100%
2002 260 0.000069551 260 -100%
2003 243 0.000063908 243 -100%
2004 244 0.000063859 244 -100%
2005 231 0.00006008 231 -100%
2006 238 0.000060159 238 -100%
2007 222 0.000055532 222 -100%
2008 218 0.000055461 218 -100%
2009 190 0.000049736 190 -100%
2010 188 0.000050869 188 -100%
2011 159 0.000043469 159 -100%
2012 168 0.000045935 168 -100%
2013 171 0.000046905 171 -100%
2014 175 0.000047216 175 -100%
2015 153 0.000041341 153 -100%
2016 149 0.000040614 149 -100%
2017 167 0.000046698 167 -100%
2018 153 0.000043517 153 -100%
2019 149 0.000042928 149 -100%
2020 144 0.000043106 144 -100%
2021 136 0.000040142 136 -100%
2022 151 0.000044633 151 -100%
2023 127 0.000038355 127 -100%
2024 128 0.000038456 128 -100%

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