Millicent
Millicent is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 126 births. Its best rank was 435th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1260.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1927249 births
- Best rank
- #435in 1927
- Since 1880
- 11,718people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,718 girls have been named Millicent in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 249 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 74 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Millicent | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | |
| 1890s | 141 | |
| 1900s | 278 | |
| 1910s | 1,119 | |
| 1920s | 2,014 | |
| 1930s | 1,337 | |
| 1940s | 993 | |
| 1950s | 1,054 | |
| 1960s | 1,020 | |
| 1970s | 710 | |
| 1980s | 541 | |
| 1990s | 410 | |
| 2000s | 459 | |
| 2010s | 980 | |
| 2020s | 578 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Millicent was the 435th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Millicent
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Manuelapeak 1924
- Hellenpeak 1924
- Winonapeak 2024
- Marcellapeak 1922
- Vivianpeak 1920
- Otiliapeak 1935
- Delfinapeak 1925
- Rosalinepeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.