Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Miller was most popular in 2025, when 1,392 American babies were given the name — ranking #483 that year. In 2025 it ranked #483, with 1,392 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,935 people named Miller.
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Miller is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 146 of the 146 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,935 American births named Miller 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 11,323 are estimated to be alive today.
1,392 American babies were named Miller in 2025, ranking #483 that year.
Miller is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 933 births a year, against 280 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +233% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Miller is mostly a boy’s name — 19.8% of the 13,935 Americans given it were girls and 80.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 31% girls and 69% 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.
Roughly 11,323 Americans named Miller are alive today — 81% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 8 years old, and half are between 3 and 18.
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.
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