Mills*
#4,684 most common boys' name of all time · #11,540 across all names · 88% boys / 12% girls · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,684
Rank overall
#11,540 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
1,045
Since 2016
417
Peak year
2025 #2,769
Best rank
#753 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 61/yr
Mills first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 46 | 61 | #2,769 |
| 2024 | 15 | 43 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2023 | 19 | 34 | 53 | #3,422 |
| 2022 | 21 | 24 | 45 | #4,308 |
| 2021 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #3,244 |
| 2020 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #3,657 |
| 2019 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,344 |
| 2018 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #3,617 |
| 2017 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #4,229 |
| 2016 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,475 |
| 2015 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,754 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,576 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #5,935 |
| 2012 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,696 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,638 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,832 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,715 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,344 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,939 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,454 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,513 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,174 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,933 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,079 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,959 |
| 2000 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,052 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,912 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,511 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,642 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,517 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,471 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,653 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,790 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,718 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,450 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,069 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,994 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,872 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,916 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,763 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,812 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,055 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,411 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,955 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,610 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,501 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,602 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,908 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,903 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,913 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,935 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,488 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,774 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,129 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,806 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,050 |
| 1929 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,120 |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,534 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,754 |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1924 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,208 |
| 1922 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,258 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,361 |
| 1920 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1917 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,449 |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,172 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,114 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,004 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,714 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,312 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,233 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,187 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #919 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #903 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #753 |