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Milton

Boy English #1436 in 2023

Milton is a boy name of English origin.

Meaning of Milton

The English place names are from mylen or middel + tun.

Popularity of Milton

Popularity, 1880–2023

127 births in 2023

1880 2023

117,679 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1920

2,592 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Girl · English

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

Popular from the 1960s to the 1990s

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.