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Milburn

Recorded 1884–1985 · United States

Milburn was most popular in 1918, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,487 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,234 people named Milburn.

Most popular in1918
Rank that year#1,487
Births that year79
Total since 18802,234
Given to100% boys
Alive today~465
Median age73
OriginOld English
Meaning“mill”

Milburn over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Milburn’s peak in 1918. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Milburn?

Milburn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 86 of the 142 years since. It was last recorded in 1985.

How many people are named Milburn?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,234 American births named Milburn between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 465 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Milburn in 2025?

Milburn was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Milburn a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Milburn is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,234 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Milburn?

Roughly 465 Americans named Milburn are alive today — 21% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 73 years old, and half are between 63 and 82.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Milburn is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org