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Miller

#369 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

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Miller has been given to 13,935 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #369 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 864 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Miller, 2025

1 in 3,840

Miller over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Miller over time

In 2025, Miller went to 38% girls and 62% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Miller: meaning, origin, and history

Mill

surname transfer

What Miller means

Miller means “mill”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Miller (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Miller is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Miller is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Miller is pronounced /ˈmɪlɚ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,172 boys were recorded with the name Miller between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 864 in 2025; its best national rank was #369 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #699 in 2020 to #369 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #829 in 2015 to #369 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,763 girls were recorded with the name Miller between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 528 in 2025; its best national rank was #571 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,523 in 2020 to #571 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,544 in 2015 to #571 in 2025.

How common is Miller?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,840
864 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,980
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#369
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,661 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Miller sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50012%

Put another way: gather 2,661 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Miller. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Millers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Miller was born before 2011 — so the typical Miller is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
30.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
62.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,676
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 30.9% of all recorded uses (3,448).

Is Miller rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+69
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+330
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+460
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.18×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (864)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#369
2025

Spellings of Miller

Miller is not the most common spelling — Miles is, with 63.0% against Miller's 5.7%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Miller is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Miller was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 1,010 boys, against 1 in 3,599 across all states with data. It was least common in Nevada (1 in 25,000).

499 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 1,010
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 1,205
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 1,408
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 1,429
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 1,493
  6. 6Georgia1 in 1,563
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 1,613
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 1,695

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Miller is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 79% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Miller is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Miller was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 1,724 girls, against 1 in 7,850 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

158 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 1,724
  2. 2Alabama1 in 2,000
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 2,564
  4. 4Georgia1 in 2,632
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 2,632
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 3,030
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 4,348
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 4,545

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Miller around the world

Where Miller ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #507
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1992–2025
    #152
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #241
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1996–2013
    #188
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Miller

People whose public names include Miller, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Miller by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#369
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 330
Best rank ever
#369
2025
Peak year
2025
864 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,172
Count in 2025
864

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#571
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 952
Best rank ever
#571
2025
Peak year
2025
528 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,763
Count in 2025
528

Names similar to Miller

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Miller

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Miller, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Miller

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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