Milford
Milford is a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Milford
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Milford is a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Milford
Milford first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 234 births, good for #397 nationwide. About 26% of every Milford on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Milford last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Milford
Milford is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Milford's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #397. Use the chart and map above to compare Milford's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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