Milton

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning mill settlement; from the mill town.

Babies a year
167
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Milton by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Milton. In the US, 167 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 2,592 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Milton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Milsonson of the mill; patronymic form5 in the US (2017)
  • Milon6 in the US (2017)
  • Maxtongreatest stone; a form of Maxon374 in the US (2017)
  • Mironmyrrh; sweet oil29 in the US (2017)
  • Milosmerciful or mild; a form of Milo13 in the US (2017)
  • Millangracious dear; form of milan6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Milton

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