# Millicent (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/millicent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | “hard work”, “strong” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪlɪsənt/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Milly, Millie |
| Variant spellings | Milicent |
| US babies named this | 11,825 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,825 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,427, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Old French Melisende, from Old High German Amalasuntha, Amalaswintha, from the Proto-Germanic roots *amalą (“hard work”) + *swinþaz (“strong”).

## What it means

Millicent is grouped under strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,630 |
| 2012 | 73 | 2,508 |
| 2013 | 97 | 2,011 |
| 2014 | 93 | 2,088 |
| 2015 | 83 | 2,273 |
| 2016 | 120 | 1,740 |
| 2017 | 133 | 1,632 |
| 2018 | 120 | 1,723 |
| 2019 | 125 | 1,680 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,942 |
| 2021 | 135 | 1,560 |
| 2022 | 104 | 1,926 |
| 2023 | 114 | 1,789 |
| 2024 | 129 | 1,617 |
| 2025 | 103 | 1,900 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 515 |
| 2012 | 76 | 556 |
| 2013 | 78 | 536 |
| 2014 | 64 | 629 |
| 2015 | 81 | 532 |
| 2016 | 63 | 666 |
| 2017 | 69 | 609 |
| 2018 | 73 | 568 |
| 2019 | 67 | 590 |
| 2020 | 41 | 872 |
| 2021 | 57 | 674 |
| 2022 | 42 | 839 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 42 | 869 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## People named Millicent

- Millicent Garrett Fawcett, English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)
- Millicent Simmonds, American actress
- Millicent Fenwick, American politician (1910-1992)
- Millicent Preston-Stanley, Australian politician and feminist
- Millicent Martin, British actress, singer
- Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, British duchess, society hostess and social reformer (1867–1955)
- Milly Tanner, British cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.