# Milly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/milly/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Millie |
| US babies named this | 3,347 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,347 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,223, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping + -y.

## 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 | 82 | 2,289 |
| 2012 | 95 | 2,041 |
| 2013 | 108 | 1,872 |
| 2014 | 129 | 1,657 |
| 2015 | 88 | 2,160 |
| 2016 | 113 | 1,836 |
| 2017 | 103 | 1,949 |
| 2018 | 108 | 1,876 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,927 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,877 |
| 2021 | 119 | 1,738 |
| 2022 | 116 | 1,779 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,832 |
| 2024 | 112 | 1,803 |
| 2025 | 113 | 1,790 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 220 | 231 |
| 2012 | 142 | 341 |
| 2013 | 123 | 368 |
| 2014 | 150 | 307 |
| 2015 | 120 | 377 |
| 2016 | 116 | 391 |
| 2017 | 86 | 503 |
| 2018 | 73 | 568 |
| 2019 | 78 | 519 |
| 2020 | 53 | 700 |
| 2021 | 67 | 581 |
| 2022 | 60 | 630 |
| 2023 | 62 | 608 |
| 2024 | 55 | 686 |
| 2025 | 46 | 792 |

## People named Milly

- Milly Alcock, Australian actress (born 2000)
- Milly Scott, Dutch singer and actress (born 1933)
- Milly Quezada, Dominican Republic singer
- Milly Shapiro, American actress and singer

## 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.